In the dingy basement of a downtown club, The Wife tries her hand at reciting poetry to the masses. The masses let her know exactly what they think in the form of lots of pies. She presses on, and continues her poems throughout the creamy assault. Watch as The Wife is pelted with hard thrown pies from what we can only assume was a very unimpressed beatnik audience.
I must say I really like the inclusion of the beret. I don't think I've seen that in a scene before, so that is a nice touch. (Costumes/special theme outfits are fun!)
SamIWam said: I must say I really like the inclusion of the beret. I don't think I've seen that in a scene before, so that is a nice touch. (Costumes/special theme outfits are fun!)
Thank you! We felt like the scene couldn't have been done without one, lol.
Well done pie barrage, nice wardrobe and model, and funny/clever parody concept -- although one derived from a late 1950s - early 60s stereotypical 'beatnik' poetry model.
Sorry, but i must take issue: in an actual poetry 'slam' * NO one EVER wears a beret (save for some occasional joker trying to do what they think is a 'retro poetry reading' parody)...although, there is a good amount of black clothing (but the average style is more Boho than Beatnick)
In an actual slam, pies (displeasure) are replaced by boos, hisses and scores under 7.5 (on a scale of 1 to 10).
*a poetry competition in which performed poems are scored by audience judges and which was invented by Marc Smith in Chicago in the mid 1980s)
wamajama said: Well done pie barrage, nice wardrobe and model, and funny/clever parody concept -- although one derived from a late 1950s - early 60s stereotypical 'beatnik' poetry model.
Sorry, but i must take issue: in an actual poetry 'slam' * NO one EVER wears a beret (save for some occasional joker trying to do what they think is a 'retro poetry reading' parody)...although, there is a good amount of black clothing (but the average style is more Boho than Beatnick)
In an actual slam, pies (displeasure) are replaced by boos, hisses and scores under 7.5 (on a scale of 1 to 10).
*a poetry competition in which performed poems are scored by audience judges and which was invented by Marc Smith in Chicago in the mid 1980s)
The more you know.
Had my knowledge of those things been more extensive, I may have tried to incorporate all of the nuances you've mentioned. However we kind of just bought a beret, a black turtleneck, and just flew by the seat of our pants!
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