Sorry my faithful and loyal readers for the lateness in reporting on my activities since the last posting on Thursday. Truth-be-told I did so much that I just didn’t feel like taking the time to post - my bad.
I had previously posted my scheduled activities and I added to them by scheduling two frat-boyish gross-out type movies: “Sex Drive” for Friday afternoon and then “Zack and Miri Make a Porno” for Sunday afternoon.
So, let me give you my reactions to the various events in an abbreviated/summary fashion (hey, please hold the applause, OK?):
Thursday - “Cirque du Soleil's Wintuk" - my seat for this show was excellent, center orchestra 11 rows from the stage, in the smaller Madison Square Garden venue. I only wish the show itself had been as good as my seat, but it wasn’t. I think the smallness of the venue had a larger impact on the production than had been anticipated. It felt more like a vaudeville show than a circus. I didn’t hate the show but it didn’t set me on fire as I had expected it would.
Friday - afternoon - “Sex Drive” - “’All you need for a movie is a girl and a gun,’ wrote Jean-Luc Goddard. Sex Drive has both, plus raunch, a 1969 GTO and Seth Green as a sarcastic Amish farmer. Our nerdy hero is encouraged to pursue an IM crush in Tennessee and complications ensue - jail time, violent hicks, a raging older brother, etc., yielding sly and lowbrow laughs.”
I couldn’t have said it better. I loved the movie and laughed a lot.
8:00 - “My Vaudeville Man” at the York Theater. This was the first preview performance and the story is based on a series of letters between the young tap-dancer and his disapproving mother. A great show and very well performed.
Saturday - afternoon - “Mouth to Mouth” - I had earlier posted that I had misgivings about this show about an HIV positive writer and his relationship with his female best friend and her family. I still have misgivings. It is a powerful show and the acting is outstanding but ... why must playwrights portray most of their gay characters as “nellie-queens?” I find this to be very distracting.
8:00 - Gators vs. Vandy. Well, as you know, the Gators kicked ass again winning 42-14. The score could have been 84-0 had Urban Meyer not pulled his starting offense and defense midway into the 3rd quarter. The win means the Gators will play Alabama for the SEC Championship. A win there will probably propel the victor to the BCS Championship game. Go Gators.
Sunday - afternoon - “Zach and Miri Make a Porno” - “Faced with a mountain of debt, longtime roommates Zach (Seth Rogan) and Miri (Elizabeth Banks) decide to make a porno and self-distribute it. Zach and Miri’s friendship is obviously love but for them to realize it, they much first do a porn scene together. Think of it as When Harry Fucked Sally.” Oh, yes ...
OK, back off - this is the kind of movie that I love, so there. If the above description piques your ‘interest’ then I highly recommend this show, if not - then stay the hell away. It’s as simple as that.
Which makes a good segue to the evening’s entertainment event - “Garden of Earthly Delights.” I described this show in detail in the last posting and this is what I predicted: “Make no mistake about it - I will either love or hate this show, there will be no middle ground.” Well, the jury remains out because I am still trying to process what I saw. This is what I mean ...
First, it didn’t help things that the show was delayed for 30 minutes for “technical reasons.” I almost bailed but decided to give it a shot. It is described as ...”A seamless fusion of theater, dance, music and flight”.... The Playbill lists the scenes as: “Paradise. Seven Deadly Sins. Hell.”
Well, the dancers did indeed fly around the stage in a hour long twisting whirl involving, among other things: vaginal and anal sex, violence, urination, death, torture, impaling with a Cello (don’t ask) and farting. Yep, it was different, to say the least.
Monday - night - “Basic Training” - as previously posted, this one-man show is about the writer/performer’s experiences in the Air Force as a member of the entertainment troupe “Tops in Blue.” He portrays 23 different characters. The show was 80 minutes and it totally captured my attention. I highly recommend it.
So, this brings you up-to-date. It is dark and gray and cold out as I am writing this on Tuesday afternoon. Tonight I have “A Man for All Seasons” which clocks in at 2 hours and 30 minutes with an intermission. I know I will need my before-the-show-begins coffee jolt.
Go Gators!!
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