LOTTIE PLATCHETT TOOK A HATCHET
So it turns out that there's only one thing that can drag me away from Starkid and that is, uh, *checks notes*... Starkid.
So, yeah, a lot of Starkid stuff went down today (AND I AM SO EXCITED!!!!), but it was also the day of Lauren's one-night-only reprisal of her role as the titular heroine in Lottie Platchett. So I did miss the livestream (I will be watching it ASAP though!). But, you know, the show is called Lottie Platchett Took A HATCHET, and featured Dirty Girl Jokes(TM) and Lauren playing a super horny virgin, so I feel like it was pretty on-theme for Hatchetfield weekend nonetheless.
Lauren was terrific as always, navigating Lottie's maze of psychological hang-ups and complexes with ease. And for my fellow Shipwreckers, Ryan W. Garcia (this IS a Ryan Garcia stan account, people!), Tom DeTrinis, and Tom Lenk were all also in the cast and so fucking funny!
DeTrinis and I got into a staring contest and stared way too intensely at each other for way too long. That's the sort of show it was.
It also had some pretty interesting things to say about sexuality, hypocrisy, femininity, and, uh, the care and keeping of doves? And it featured Ryan as an old man, Tom D. as the female Irish maid and a lawyer named Ballsack, and, in one glorious scene, Tom L. as a psychotically murderous womb. No, that is not a typo. Yes, the male characters in the play have vivid imaginations.
So, yeah, Lottie Platchett was a blast! Lauren might have bowed out tonight (Ryan was very cute, making sure she got a special round of applause and hyping her up), but Ryan and the Toms are still there and a lot of the comedy feels similar to stuff you'd get in a Starkid show, so if you're in LA and you can, go see it! It's a silly good time!
(I should probably mention that there's a lot of discussion of incest though. Like, A LOT. It never actually happens, but the threat of it lingers over the show and every single one of the Platchetts.)
7 notes
·
View notes
Question: does anyone have a gif of Oscar Wilde in Poe Party saying "you can never be overdressed or over-educated"?
(Bonus for the blooper ones)
3 notes
·
View notes
This is the cutest thing ever! Headless Horseman just went in for a hug and I want their friendship to blossom!
5 notes
·
View notes