Is the NFL Super-Bowl your idea of a good time? If not, perhaps you should consider spicing up the most bean-dip saturated Sunday of the year with a paradigm shifting pun that requires big, heavy, balls.
Over TWENTY super heroes and super villains assembled for this year’s 4th annual “Cease Fire” bowling-based battle-royale between the super heroes and super villains of our fair Truckee Meadows . Both rival factions were represented and the costumes/character concepts remarkably well executed.
In attendance were such marvels as Cosmic Orgasm, The Striped Crusader, Lady Bacon, Tie Dye Guy, Super Nurse, Lemon Drop, Superlative Girl, as well as their nefarious foes: The Eraser, Mistress Ring-Worm, Rain Man, The Pet, Pretty Horny, Mathematicus, Latexra, and Melancholy Baby. Various henchmen and sidekicks were also present.
The concepts and costumes of the participants were intentionally light-hearted and really, the only thing super about them was their super-silliness. We suspect this is the main reason for the event’s rising popularity and continued success.
Some serious thinking outside the box is required to generate a silly character concept. Take Lemon Drop for instance. She is the protectress of Lemmon Valley who’s special attack combo is, “Paper-cut, lemon-juice!”. Her war-cry of, “Who’s ready for some fresh squeezed Justice?” could be heard echoing across the lanes as she brandished her lemon shaped bottle with citrus-scented authority.
On the other side of the wedding aisle in this marriage of extremes we have a villainous concept like The Eraser who’s dueling chalkboard erasers strike fear in the hearts of even the most courageous. He makes his escape from bank robberies in a cloud of chalk-dust (generated by banging the erasers together) and derides his opponents with taunts of, “So, I see you have been foolish enough to wear dark colored clothing!” before leaving chalk marks all over their outfit.
The payoff for an execution of such sheer ridiculousity is exhilarating, especially when done en masse and in synergistic rebellion to one of the most popular fixtures of American culture. As SUPERlative Girl so eloquently exclaimed, “SuperBowling is the best idea ever!” And for once, she was not exaggerating.
*SUPER Special thanks to David James Kerr for his excellent photo-documentation. All pictures are by him.
These are the L.A. MUDPEOPLE, an improvisational tribe. According to tribe-member Mike M. Mollet, “We don’t speak. We move slowly, wear full-head masks (often with) found clothing & ornamentation, & MUD, many colors of MUD. We hang-out. We’ve been around for nearly 20 years.”