Icon irrelevent, but it makes me happy after Saturday.
SO! For those I've told about this (and by those I mean Squeak, I would have told others if I was more social) I was all psyched for "A Midsummer Night's Dream" as "a roller disco." This was how it was pitched to Tri, and as such how it was pitched to me. Leading my mind to go...
*Cue Rakath daydream of horrible disco denim outfits for the cast, all on roller skates, speaking in lulzy 70s lingo*
NOW! This was far and away nothing to do with what we saw at the club. For starters, it was in a club, naturally making it a lot less performance as the performers were all up in your face, and a lot more my next point. My next point: Costumes should involve more than body glitter and shorts. Apparently the person who pitched the idea of going to this to Tri mistook 'Strip Show' for Roller Disco. It is a clear difference. Roller discos are fun! Now, this show was very likely directed toward geeky females, as the male dancers danced more than the females, wore less clothes than the females (mostly), wore more glitter than the females, and would dance in your faces if you had a table.
I, as a straight male comfortable in my sexuality, found that I desired females that showed more athletics, but appreciated the males kept in shape. However these did nothing for the fact that far too much glitter was involved. Which brings us to the only female that showed any sense of dancing. Titania.
I am omitting the obvious bust based joke I can make with that name, given how unhappy I was with the showing. Could she dance? Sorta, more than the other females, about as much as the males. Was she in shape... yes, very much so. Was her costume skimpy? Yes. Was her costume TACKY? BUTTERFLY PASTIES THAT STICK OUT OFF OF YOUR CHEST IS THE TACKIEST EVER. If she just had butterfly designed pasties over her bits that need covering, that's okay. I mean it's not the best design for an outfit, but it isn't tacky. This. However. Was tacky.
The only thing reasonably 'fun' was Puck. Puck was wearing a head to toe gold disco suit with gold wings on his head, they had yellow lights running them and he was on ROLLER SKATES. He wheeled around the club dancing like he was in the 70s and handing out glowsticks.
Which brings us to the last complaint. ROLLER DISCOS SHOULD INVOLVE MORE PEOPLE ON ROLLER SKATES. IF YOU ARE GOING TO DECLARE IT A ROLLER DISCO PLEASE MAKE SURE AT LEAST ALL THE MAIN CHARACTERS ARE ON SKATES. It is okay if secondary cast and extras are on foot to be props to help those on skates, but really...
Between all this and my ears practically bleeding from the club sound systems. Saturday was just the most uncomfortable ever.
Proves that with the right crowd any film can go so far to be the worst film you have ever seen but then loop back around to the funniest thing you've seen if everyone watching is having a good day.
I walked a lot, then proved my ability to dance is slightly above non-existent. I can dance enough to fake through the evening with an hour of quick explanation of what the hell I should be doing...
*Cue Rakath daydream of horrible disco denim outfits for the cast, all on roller skates, speaking in lulzy 70s lingo*
NOW! This was far and away nothing to do with what we saw at the club. For starters, it was in a club, naturally making it a lot less performance as the performers were all up in your face, and a lot more my next point. My next point: Costumes should involve more than body glitter and shorts. Apparently the person who pitched the idea of going to this to Tri mistook 'Strip Show' for Roller Disco. It is a clear difference. Roller discos are fun! Now, this show was very likely directed toward geeky females, as the male dancers danced more than the females, wore less clothes than the females (mostly), wore more glitter than the females, and would dance in your faces if you had a table.
I, as a straight male comfortable in my sexuality, found that I desired females that showed more athletics, but appreciated the males kept in shape. However these did nothing for the fact that far too much glitter was involved. Which brings us to the only female that showed any sense of dancing. Titania.
I am omitting the obvious bust based joke I can make with that name, given how unhappy I was with the showing. Could she dance? Sorta, more than the other females, about as much as the males. Was she in shape... yes, very much so. Was her costume skimpy? Yes. Was her costume TACKY? BUTTERFLY PASTIES THAT STICK OUT OFF OF YOUR CHEST IS THE TACKIEST EVER. If she just had butterfly designed pasties over her bits that need covering, that's okay. I mean it's not the best design for an outfit, but it isn't tacky. This. However. Was tacky.
The only thing reasonably 'fun' was Puck. Puck was wearing a head to toe gold disco suit with gold wings on his head, they had yellow lights running them and he was on ROLLER SKATES. He wheeled around the club dancing like he was in the 70s and handing out glowsticks.
Which brings us to the last complaint. ROLLER DISCOS SHOULD INVOLVE MORE PEOPLE ON ROLLER SKATES. IF YOU ARE GOING TO DECLARE IT A ROLLER DISCO PLEASE MAKE SURE AT LEAST ALL THE MAIN CHARACTERS ARE ON SKATES. It is okay if secondary cast and extras are on foot to be props to help those on skates, but really...
Between all this and my ears practically bleeding from the club sound systems. Saturday was just the most uncomfortable ever.
Proves that with the right crowd any film can go so far to be the worst film you have ever seen but then loop back around to the funniest thing you've seen if everyone watching is having a good day.
I walked a lot, then proved my ability to dance is slightly above non-existent. I can dance enough to fake through the evening with an hour of quick explanation of what the hell I should be doing...