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Post by Finnias Jones on Jan 21, 2011 3:50:40 GMT -5
RiffTrax Presents Night of the Shorts @ Castro Theatre 9:30PM
Fun show. A little over an hour and a half. It was what I expected in that it was a Greatest Hits of familiar shorts with the guests each taking part in one. This is what they did:
First a best of clip reel from various movies and shorts.
Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett take the stage and tell us what we are about to see, and who guests on what. This was nice as it enabled me to jot down notes before the riffing began.
"Buying Food" "Lunchroom Manners" w/ Maria Bamford "Drugs Are Like That" w/ Cole Stratton & Janet Varney "Drawing for Beginners: The Rectangle" "Shake Hands With Danger" w/ Adam Savage "Grasses" w/ Paul F. Tompkins
A lot of fun, but as usual with these live show some riffs were lost in the room's acoustics, from audience reactions, or to faulty levels. Also, some of the guests lines were at times inaudible due to their own idiosyncratic delivery (Maria Bamford in particular - hard to hear a riff whispered in a funny voice). It was missing Mike's authoritative tone. During "Grasses" it was weird to hear Paul F. deliver lines that Mike did so well in the Halloween show. But I'm nitpicking, he still got the laughs.
They re-distributed lines for all of them to fit this new duo/trio/quartet format, so it all seemed fresh to me. "Drugs…" came off the best because it's so goofy, Cole & Janet are RT vets, and hey, it's San Francisco. So, a good night out, but not essential for Rifftrax junkies. I saw no signs of a film crew, so I think this was a one time affair.
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Post by Mighty Jack on Jan 21, 2011 5:58:41 GMT -5
Cool, thanks for the report. I wish I could have seen this. Oh, and I love Maria Bamford personally - wish she'd guest on a trax one day.
Bummer than this wont show up on disc.
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