February 3, 2003

Today is the day to wonder why that vein in your eye is buzzing.

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I didn't know what to write for today, so here is something we call 'parody.' Or maybe it's 'satire.' Or maybe it's just 'stupid.'

Teal Man Group!

Do you like non sequiturs? Messes? Insanity? Inanity? Come see the mildly successful show that some people are raving about: Teal Man Group!

Inspired by frustrated and mildly stoned NYU Theater students, it's the sort-of-entertaining result of their pondering the age-old question: what will people pay money to see on stage? Check out some of the lukewarm reviews!

"Some of the actors had their faces painted teal. One of them only had half his face painted teal. The rest had no paint on their faces. I guess they ran out of paint. Hmm."

"They threw some crayons at a piece of paper and I got to take the piece of paper home. That was sort of all right."

"I was late to the show and they threw eggs at me. That was annoying, but I suppose you could also consider it edgy, postmodern and irrelevant, and that's cool But still--my clothes!"

"At one point, they played kazoos. Kazoos are kind of funny."

"We really wanted to see 'Hairspray' or something else that's popular, but we couldn't get tickets. I still want to see 'Hairspray,' though."

"The strobe light gave me a seizure, but that's still more interesting than my usual night at home. No, wait. I have a strobe light at home, too. Oh well."

"I suppose I could bring up the feminist concern about why it's Teal Man Group and not Teal People Group, but ehh."

"Teal Man Group is the best show ever. I do not work for Teal Man Group, by the way. I swear to the Teal God. I mean, I swear to the regular God. I mean I--damn."