28 & 1/2 PLAYS IN 60 25%-NEKKID MINUTES

Having attended another edition last night of TMLMTBGB (Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind) by the NY Neo Futurists, this one with the special title "30 HALF-NEKKID PLAYS IN 60 HALF-NEKKID MINUTES", I stand by my assertion that the NY Neo Futururists have one of the best, most interesting, most innovative, most entertaining shows in NY.

They had energy in abundance. They were funny.

They were a bit chaotic at setting up each new play. As a result, they only put on 28 plays (2 left undone) before the 60 minute timer ran out. They did sell out the house, and as promised, ordered a pizza (as they do whenever they sell-out). So I'll give them a 1/2 play credit for ordering the pizza (on the clock). That makes 28 1/2 plays.

They were not really half-nekkid. Their underwear or shorts, etc, covered more than they'd cover with a polka-dot bikini on any beach , so I can't really agree they were half-nekkid. No topless at all. No bottomless. etc. They could go out in public (at a beach, anyway) with less than what they wore, so I'll only give them credit for 25% nekkidness.

What was disappointing though, was that the plays did not acknowledge the fact that they were not normally dressed. (Well, they got smeared with more liquids on their skin than normal, I suppose.) For a troupe whose manifesto is to acknowledge reality, it was disappointing that no plays seemed to be written for this special occasion: a cast in their underwear. Surely there must be stories that would use their costuming. Surely there must be plays about people wearing very little to connect with the reality of tonight's opportunity.

So, I can't call them half-nekkid plays at all. They were ordinary plays. Actually ordinary plays in denial of what the actors were wearing.

Hence 28 1/2 plays, not 28 1/2 "half-nekkid" plays.

Nevertheless, they were very good ordinary plays -- as good as they ordinarily are. Almost everything they did was interesting, well executed, funny or tragic, and fun. and it was a little extra wacky, given the semi-semi-undress they performed in.

(Note 1 -- Of course, semi = 1/2 , so semi-semi = 1/2 x 1/2 = 1/4 = 25%.)

(Note 2 -- It was great fun, still, an opportunity might have been missed; instead of semi-semi... 3 lovely, truly HALF nekkid women, with 3 strapping truly HALF nekkid men playing truly HALF nekkid plays, might well have greatness thrust upon 'em!)

I enjoyed the show very much.

After the show, some members of the cast and audience went running throught the streets in their underwear (or otherwise skimpy clothing). Kind of a half-streak. Fortunately, the weather was perfect, but they seemed a bit straggly as they went off. I hope it went well all the way.