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FRIDAY: Masters Of The Universe Film Roast At The Byrd Theatre
Posted by: Necci – Feb 23, 2011
The Richmond FilmRoast describes what they do as "carefully select[ing] a classic, culturally significant achievement in cinema history and slowly incinerate it over a fiery pit of microphone-fueled mockery." Which is to say, they make fun of it as if they're sitting on their couch (or in Joel, Crow, and Tom Servo's theatre seats) suffering through it. Only when they do this at the Byrd, they use microphones to bring their heckles to a theatre full of people. That's where you come in! This Friday, they'll be roasting Masters Of The Universe, Gary Goddard's ill-conceived, even more poorly executed film of a debatably classic children's cartoon. The casting of Swedish actor Dolph Lundgren as He-Man was only the most obviously ridiculous move made in the creation of this film, and it now seems incredible to realize that such relatively high-profile actors as Frank Langella and Courteney Cox were in it.
It's a film begging for some serious mockery, so why not come out to the Byrd on Friday night and see it get exactly what it deserves?
WHAT: FilmRoast of Masters Of The Universe!
WHO: Richmond FilmRoast Improv Comedy Show
WHERE: The Byrd Theatre (2908 W. Cary St.)
WHEN: Friday February 25, 11:30 PM
ADMISSION: $5
Proceeds from the show will be donated to the Byrd Theatre Foundation, a non-profit organization devoted to keeping the Byrd in great shape for years and generations to come. The Byrd needs some new seats, so all of the money raised by this show is going towards fulfilling that need. So if you like heckling bad movies, laughing at other people hecking bad movies, or just want an opportunity to donate to the cause of making the Byrd a nicer place to see second-run films, come out and check out the show!
By Andrew Necci
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