The M-Word (2012)
Lisa’s got a secret that her friends absolutely cannot stop talking about.
Hey everyone!
A few months ago, our friends at Twinhead Theatre asked us to participate in the release party for their new web series Bad Manor (coming soon!). We said, “Sure!” Always in need of a challenge, we waited until 10 days before the event to realize that we hadn’t done a new sketch yet. But then we said to ourselves, “Pish posh! We can do it.”
Lo and behold our new sketch — “The M-Word.” Borne of a fear of misspeaking, the sketch probes the awkward depths as friends tip-toe around a social powder keg. You’ll have to watch it for yourself! (look to the left)
The sound is beautifully mixed by Keith Huff, and that second camera that saved my ass countless times in editing was handled by Chris Sailor (Soldier Spy). Thanks to Rory for pointing that microphone where appropriate, and of course to Eli Banks, Krista Carothers, Stephanie Rucker, and Diana Brown for being the funniest goddamned people around. It was a blast to film it.
The event in question, IT CAME FROM THE WEB!, was a fun, unpredictable night. Bad Manor was hilarious and soap operatastic, and Eddie Ray’s Satanic Panic: Band Out of Hell made two people switch gender, exorcized a demon from a baby, and delighted the rest of us. And people surprisingly did not storm out of The M-Word, so the whole night was a success!
Our FLUX event was a huge success! We had a blast doing it, and we had a great crowd to perform and be silly for. It was a crazy experience, producing a live show plus three new sketches all in the span of two months, but it was absolutely worth it.
Thinking back, we got to work with so many great friends and so many new people, and everyone was incredibly supportive, generous, and positive the entire way. I kept saying that we were running out of miracles, because every time something would go what seemed irreparably wrong, we would get completely bailed out at the last second by some great person. Everything always worked out, and it’s a complete testament to how cool and awesome people were despite asking a lot of them and not paying them.
I suddenly feel compelled to challenge myself and list EVERY single person who helped us along the way, even in the tiniest ways. Here we go.
THANK YOU: Katie Hawkins-Gaar, Eli Banks, Molly Shepherd, Geoff Bartlett, Max Fisher, Stephanie Rucker, Heaven Beatbox, Beat Bunchies, Ken Uzquiano, Keith Huff, James Yates, Eve Krueger, Tom Rittenhouse, Philip Dido, Eddie Ray, Rob Bullard, Jeremiah Timmons, Gabe Arniella, Ben Cohen, Rafiq Batcha, Ryan Littmann, Germain Perez, Nancy Thanki, Bobby Andrews, Laura Krueger, Twinhead Theatre, Mike and Pete and Johnny at Elliott St. Pub, Erica Jamison and MINT, Matt Davis and Condesa Coffee, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta, Bobb Lovett, John Grubb, Craig Vogel, Krista Carothers, Aaron Keuter, Cynthia Modugno, Tera Buerkle, Danny Davis, Mark Basehore, Seth Williams-Welch, Louis Corrigan, and Anne Dennington. And Julian, doi.
Hey everyone. I know, we haven’t written in a while. But no writing = we’re busy working on skits, which is good. However, we’re busy working on skits = no $$$$, which is bad. BUT, according to Professor B.I.G., this results in: no $$$$ ≠ mo’ problems. So, hooray! We’re just writing to say we have no problems.
But we have some REAL NEWS. Bland Hack was recently tapped to participate in this year’s FLUX on September 30! For those unaware, FLUX is a big, one-night art crawl through the I-wish-all-of-Atlanta-looked-this-cool urban labyrinth that is Castleberry Hill. It features live music, live dancing, Live (the band), and lots of other artistic interpretations of things. Last year, there was an arm-wrestling contest. This year, there’s us.
We are producing another beatboxing extravaganza like back in April, but this one will be much different. For starters, the event incorporates the beatboxing competitions into a live theatrical show, which would be Bland Hack’s FIRST EVER live performance. Secondly, we’re producing not just one but THREE brand new videos to premiere during the event, and to make up for the lack of videos lately (and because we love you). And finally, the whole event is set in the Mortal Kombat universe. MKOMG.
Also, it’s going to be performed at Elliott St. Pub, arguably the coolest joint in Castleberry. We we we so excited.
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