on saturday i saw ‘evil dead: the musical’ in martinez with nuala, garren and matt.
thoughts
1. who knew you could bring it, martinez? not i.
2. drinks named ‘evil tang’ are delicious while drinks named ‘what the fuck was that?’ both look and sound disgusting. from the expressions on matt and garren’s faces i’d venture a guess that it also tasted unpleasant.
3. trees (guys in tree costumes) possessed by evil candarian demon spirits who walk out and say their lines out of sync in a bored monotone are absolutely fucking hilarious. “join us. join us.” they said, while holding up their leafy hands. “excuse me, booooooorrrrred. spot of tea? light game of scrabble? bore you to tears of laughter. yes. join us. (world weary sigh). ennui. booooooorrrrred. join (yawn) us.”
4. the character renamed cellar-sister by us stole the show. cheryl, ash’s sister in evil dead, becomes evil, gets tossed in the cellar, and pops back out to spout evilly awful puns. sometimes she sings! sometimes she just screeches “join us, ash!” and slams the door back down. the best time was when some dead animals fell out of the sky and she slyly opened the cellar door, reached out, and pulled them in, all without saying a word.
5. it’s coming back in january and we (matt and i) were thinking maybe the splash zone wouldn’t be half bad. who doesn’t want to get drenched in blood colored water? plus it’s hilarious and there’s theme drinks. genius.
Did you notice that the girl playing Cheryl was only 19th. I also thought she was genius and enjoyed her throught the show.
Also great was the fac that these “demon” masks made them look like vampires from Buffy. I’m in for another showing but only if I wear crappy clothes. I still haven’t gotten the crap out of my skirt even though I wasn’t in the splash zone. Bastard stunt man. I hope the soak with spray and wash makes it come out of my skirt.