Thursday, August 09, 2007

The Cringe Festival

Well, fringe festival of Minnesota. Its over. I know you still have like 5 days left, but for me, those are the last 5 days and then its over. Seriously, I want you out.

Yeah. We got a bad audience member review on the fringe website. A really bad one. Like the name of our show is "HowDo" and the title of the review is "HowDon't." I know, its funny. I wish the rest of the review was as witty though. It just says how bad the show is: Bad dancing...boring. At one point she describes my rampage as "sleepy." Seriously. So yeah, it hurts a little. But mostly I want to cap back on the fringe festival as a whole for a few various affronts to my own personal tastes.

(If you want to know, yes, I lost a little sleep over our "half star out of a possible five stars." But just to let you know, I drive my grandpa's 1987 Honda Accord, so its not like I've got a gigantic ego that needs constant stroking.)

First offending piece of evidence:
Sequin Cloche Hat in Black

Seen on the head of a pushy, middle-aged woman at a show this weekend. I mean the show was sold out and she somehow convinced the house staff (with shouting) to kick someone out of a seat for her. Cringe inDEED.

And now I would like to present a list of fictional titles of shows. These are not real shows, but I think they are adequate renditions of most of the cringe offerings.

A Very Merry Christmas Show
Two Guys Rasslin' Around On Stage and Makin' A Ruckus...Loudly
The Postman is Dead!
My Imaginary Elephant
I Like You/I Love You
And All I Got Was this T-shirt!
Men 'o' Pause
Stories from Guam
My Adventures in Filefaxing
J.T. Rambach Tells All

In short, if you're going to post a review, let it be thoughtful, specific and constructive. Everyone needs something constructive, because nothing is perfect. If you care to engage the world in your general hatred, do it face to face.

Wednesday, August 08, 2007

UP5

Unicorn Planet has proven itself GENIUS again with Episode 5.