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Posted by David Favel (Member # 1125) on 02-25-2004, 12:44 AM:
 
http://www.nypost.com/living/18913.htm
Interesting, How/do they declare these sessions?
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February 25, 2004 -- THANKS to karaoke, you don't need to be Frank Sinatra to belt out "New York, New York" - and now, thanks to Movieoke, you don't have to be Robert De Niro to threaten "You talkin' to me?"
Armchair actors finally get to take the stage in Movieoke, the invention of 24-year-old Anastasia Fite, manager of the "Den of Cin" Theater underneath the Two Boots pizza/video complex at 44 Ave. A, at Third Street.

"I have a tendency to talk to people in movie lines," said Fite, a self-described film junkie. "I basically space out in mid-conversation and continue in dialogue from movies."

So she invented Movieoke - held every Wednesday night at 9 - as a way to take her obsession with film and make it a more social, interactive experience.

"I wanted to turn it into something to bring all the people like me sitting in front of their VCRs out of their house," she said.

Participants choose a scene from a movie they want to act out and borrow the DVD from the video rental store upstairs.

The scene, with subtitles, is then projected onto a large screen, while the performer stands in front, acting along.



Costumes are optional. Props are encouraged. And screw-ups are inevitable.

"There's so much more to it than karaoke," says Fite, "because there's so much more to play with. You can choose to do the action as is, or you can deviate from it, on purpose or by mistake."

Last Wednesday, Matt Djunic, a 29-year-old cartoonist and programmer, performed a scene from the cult classic "Evil Dead 2" in which the hero's hand becomes possessed and attacks him.

"I feel like anybody who has just come in will feel more at ease if they seen someone doing something completely asinine onstage," said Djunic, a Movieoke regular for the last two months.

First-timers Matthew Arth and Kristen Walker chose to perform a scene from "Old School."

"I used to do a lot of professional theater," said Arth happily, "and that's the first time I've been back onstage since then."

His girlfriend, Walker, agreed it was fun, though she admitted, "I wish I'd had a bigger part."
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Posted by Aaron Sisemore (Member # 145) on 02-25-2004, 01:57 AM:
 
Nothing new, people have done this to The Rocky Horror Picture Show for decades...

-Aaron
 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 02-25-2004, 01:17 PM:
 
There ought to be one special showing of every movie each week for people who want to talk, make phone calls, throw popcorn and just generally misbehave. It could be called: "Talking Pictures."

Then there ought to be a federal law with a $50 fine for anyone causing an unnecessary disturbance in a regular showing, and every theatre owner should be issued a "ticket book" like a cop has. "I'm sorry sir....you really shouldn't tell the actors on the screen what to do...that'll cost you $50."
 

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Posted by Gary Crawford (Member # 2038) on 02-25-2004, 02:09 PM:
 
You beat me to it Aaron, "Rocky" popped right into my head. Fun to witness, it did so much for that otherwise dumb movie. Helps to be reasonably intoxicated.

Definitely an acquired taste though. While "Rocky" can be a real hoot I'm not sure how much I'd enjoy some closet comedian deliver the lines from "Jaws" where Robert Shaw explained what happened when he served aboard the Indianapolis. Overall I don't think I would enjoy it much.

From a business standpoint tho, charge bug bucks and make it trendy and you'll sell the place out.

Hey! No toast or umbrellas or squirt guns! We're showing "The Godfather" tonight!
 

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Posted by Jesse Skeen (Member # 586) on 02-25-2004, 03:53 PM:
 
Can you do this with porno movies?
I could at least do the dialogue!
 

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Posted by Manny Knowles (Member # 1171) on 02-26-2004, 03:13 PM:
 

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There ought to be one special showing of every movie each week for people who want to talk, make phone calls, throw popcorn and just generally misbehave. It could be called: "Talking Pictures."

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