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[skygiants]

So the play I just saw tonight was:
a.) Half in Albanian
b.) Centered plot-wise around a TRAGIC INCESTUOUS ZOMBIE ("Why are you covered in mud, brother?" "Because . . . it's really dusty and rainy . . . >.>")
c.) Involved a wedding scene wherein the traditional Chicken Dance became a choreographed dance somewhat along the lines of Cotton-Eyed Joe set to TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART. To which song THERE WAS DRAMATIC INCESTUOUS DANCING. (Note: up until this point, all the music in the play had been eerie, orchestral and Albanian)
d.) And somehow, miraculously, managed to be genuinely moving and thought-provoking and probably one of the coolest things I've seen all year.

I am not at all sure how this is possible, but it was awesome!

(I mean, I would have loved it anyways even if it had not been genuinely good, but. INCESTUOUS COTTON-EYED JOE TO TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART, GUYS.)

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[mercuriazs.livejournal.com]

... I must see this.

[skygiants]

YES you must!

Come to New York! In the . . . next three days before it closes . . . WHATEVER IT IS THEATRICAL RESEARCH, YOU CAN TOTALLY COME!

[genarti]

...AWESOME.

[skygiants]

And you thought that all the talk of incestuous zombie dancing was just normal chat behavior, BUT NO. IT WAS REAL. AND AWESOME.

[genarti]

I DID, is the thing. I thought it was just a reference to some train of jokes that had come up before I logged on!

BUT NOW I AM ENLIGHTENED.

[skygiants]

AS WELL YOU SHOULD BE.

The really awesome thing about the show, actually, was something I didn't know until after, which is that it's only half-incestuous - both main characters are played by doubled American and Albanian actors, and the American couple were playing out the wacky incestuous version from a modern novelization and the Albanian couple were playing out the more traditional version, with zombies still but sans incest. So: hilarious incest AND awesome meta!

[genarti]

...I am slightly confused by how this works, but it sounds awesome anyway!

ZOMBIES WITH OPTIONAL INCEST. I swear this was not so hilarious to me before fandom... But now it totally is!