The costumed premier of Alice here in Reno was EPIC. We rolled in like a pack of wild Bandersnatches and proceeded to take over the theater as the paparazzi flashed away. Click here for a full gallery of pics.
Alice is one of the holy grails of imagination in much that same way that many consider Burning Man to be the creativity world championships. But, daunting though it may seem, we had to represent the couture of our conviction at the debut this last weekend!
The concept of Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass is deep. So deep that some Zen instructors use it as a teaching text for their students. How this tremendous contribution to the devolution of humandroid consciousness manifests visually and how that visual manifestation relates to our own dusty riffs on fashion is just a part of these blog posts celebrating the release of Mr. Burton’s Alice.
After indulging in just the right amount of Wonderland “Eat Me”s and “Drink Me”s we were finally absurd enough to carpool down to the theater that we had pre-purchased our tickets for and begin our journey down the rabbit hole. Security eyed us and the other patrons gawked while we proceeded to spout profundities and guffaw in a most frabjous manner.
The main characters of the film(s) were well represented by a beautiful Alice, several mad hattas, the most hilarious white rabbit we’ve yet had the privilege to see, and a march haya or two. A few of the more obscure characters were in attendance as well: Time (whom the Mad Hatter and
March Hare were involved in a dispute with) took the form of a
steampunky clock-adorned rabbit-eared vixen and, while slow to arrive, the Mock Turtle was definitely in attendance. The Lion of Looking Glass fame was also present and it is strongly suspected that his nemesis the Unicorn was lurking there as well, however, since only virgins can see unicorns it is difficult for us to confirm whether or not this is true (the Lion is not a virigin).
Everyone in our group seemed to thoroughly enjoy the film. We had some especially high expectations after reading both the books and being a part of the virtual machine that’s been hyping this film, but we experienced satisfaction through the nods to Carroll’s original even if we were not digging the stereotypical fantasy plot.
If you feel like you may have missed out on a good time, please, DON’T! It’s not too late to read the books, dress up with some friends, and attend the film. One member of our entourage mentioned that this has the potential to become something akin to the Rocky Horror Picture show. Don’t believe us? Try it for yourself and make sure to send us the pictures. We can’t be the only curiously costumed cats … I mean, we are all mad here aren’t we?
