| Thursday, February 14, 2008 |
| Thrillpeddling |
I like to think that one of the running themes of this blog is a touch of civic pride for the sorts of experiences one can have here in the City by the Bay. Last night, Joe & I went to see one of our label's performers, Jill Tracy, in her special Valentine's Day show "Lovers & Other Monsters." It was being held at the Hypnodrome, home of the theatrical troupe Thrillpeddlers, which specializes in bringing back the macabre entertainment of the Grand Guignol. Besides a wonderful set of music from Ms. Tracy and her two-man ensemble, the show featured:
1. A play ("The Torture of Cavaradossi"), based on a famous scene in the opera "Tosca," in which a man is tortured by two escaped female prisoners, who slice off his genitalia (warning: Thrillpeddlers is not for those who can't stomach the sight of lots of fake blood).
2. A musical adaptation of an H.P. Lovecraft short story about an otherworldly violinist.
3. A PowerPoint presentation about the history of Parisian whorehouses in the 20s and 30s by scholar Mel Gordon.
4. The serving of desserts at intermission adapted from real recipes served at those very same Parisian whorehouses -- yum!
For the locals among you, the show runs (with slight variations) through Sunday, Feb. 17. Punk legend Jello Biafra will appear at the Saturday performance. |
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Okay - I confess that I cannot imagine why anyone would want to see #1. I also suspect that it's an adaptation of a scene from an opera solely to slap some high-class gloss on what otherwise would be, you know, the floor show at the Fangoria convention. I mean, it hardly would make a dif it were adapted from a TV movie, or a cell phone commercial, or a few random names in the phone book, for all those items could deliver exactly the same thrill to fans of faux blood. I suspect someone somewhere will use the word "transgressive" as well.
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Okay - I confess that I cannot imagine why anyone would want to see #1. I also suspect that it's an adaptation of a scene from an opera solely to slap some high-class gloss on what otherwise would be, you know, the floor show at the Fangoria convention. I mean, it hardly would make a dif it were adapted from a TV movie, or a cell phone commercial, or a few random names in the phone book, for all those items could deliver exactly the same thrill to fans of faux blood. I suspect someone somewhere will use the word "transgressive" as well.