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starkiddreamcasting · 2 years

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Starkid How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Welcome Christmas Everyone! For The Grinch Starkid Dreamcast! Guess whose been having family issues and has been on the road a lot recently, Everything is mostly resolved now so more dreamcasts for y’all! I couldn’t forget about Christmas so I brought to your stockings a dreamcast is based on the Broadway musical Grinch (and also the terrible 2020 live special.)

1. Jeff Blim as The Grinch 2. Brian Rosenthal as Young Max 3. Jim Povolo as Old Max 4. Kendall Nicole as Cindy Lou Who 5. Britney Coleman as Mama Who 6. Joey Richter as Papa Who 7. Corey Dorris as Grandpa Who 8. Jaime Lyn Beatty as Grandma Who 9. Tiffany Williams as Annie Lou Who 10. Lauren Lopez as Betty Who 11. Brian Holden as Danny Who 12. Nick Lang as Little Who/Cindy Lou Who (u/s) 13. Dylan Saunders as Citizen of Whoville/The Grinch (u/s)/Old Max (u/s) 14. Meredith Stepien as Citizen of Whoville/Mama Who (u/s)/Grandma Who (u/s) 15. James Tolbert as Citizen of Whoville 16. Curt Mega as Citizen of Whoville 17. Mariah Rose Faith as Citizen of Whoville 18. Robert Manion as Citizen of Whoville 19. Kim Whalen as Citizen of Whoville 20. Bryce Charles as Citizen of Whoville/Mama Who (u/s) 21. Joe Walker as Citizen of Whoville/Old Max (u/s)/Grandpa Who (u/s) 22. AJ Holmes as Citizen of Whoville 23. Rachael Soglin as Citizen of Whoville 24. Jon Matteson as Citizen of Whoville/Young Max (u/s)/Papa Who (u/s) 25. Jae Hughes as Citizen of Whoville 26. Jamie Burns as Citizen of Whoville/Grandma Who (u/s) 27. Denise Donovan as Citizen of Whoville 28. Tyler Brunsman as Citizen of Whoville/Papa Who (u/s) 29. Nick Gage as Citizen of Whoville/The Grinch (u/s)/Grandpa Who (u/s) 30. Brant Cox as Citizen of Whoville/Young Max (u/s) 31. Angela Giarratana as Swing/Annie Lou Who (u/s)/Betty Who (u/s)/Danny Who (u/s) 32. Alle-Faye Monka as Swing 33. Chris Allen as Swing 34. Lauren Walker as Swing 35. Nico Ager as Swing

Make sure to leave any show suggestions or any questions on my casting choices so I can explain them.

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krispyweiss · 7 years

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Song Review: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band - “My City of Ruins” (Live, July 31, 2012)

Though it was written about the slow, steady decline of Asbury Park, N.J., “My City of Ruins” came to symbolize the 9-11 attacks in New York City when Bruce Springsteen debuted it in late 2001.

By the time he and the newly enlarged E Street Band - touring without Clarence Clemons for the first time - got around to playing an 18-minute version at the band’s longest show (over four hours) ever in 2012, it had come to symbolize simply carrying on in the face of loss - no matter what that loss happened to be.

“The E Street Band is dedicated to the same mission,” Springsteen says by way of introducing the expanded, 17-piece band, which featured a full horn section and background singers.

“We come out to bring the power and the glory and the joy and the happiness and the foolishness and the deadly seriousness of rock ‘n’ roll and shoot it right into your heart.”

This performance does all that and more.

The marathon rendition has been released in advance of the archival concert album Olympiastadion, Helsinki, July 31, 2012, which is available for download now on brucespringsteen.net and will be released on CD June 5.

This one’s more about engaging the fans that it is about actually playing the song as Springsteen leads the audience in a call-and-response exercise, introduces the most of the band, gives many of the players time to play short solos and promises that the concertgoers will be as exhausted and as stimulated as the band by the time the night ends hours later. While it’s not the best version of “My City of Ruins” (the song is basically an afterthought with verses separated by 10 minutes of extracurricular goings-on), this performance is the quintessential example of Springsteen and the E Streeters’ ability to turn a humble concert hall into a church on any given night.

“Can you feel the spirit now?” Springsteen says repeatedly around the 13-minute mark as the music builds behind him.

The ecstatic response from the audience serves as a heartfelt amen!

Grade card: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band - “My City of Ruins” (Live, 7/31/2012) - A

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cultcelebrities · 5 years

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justfilms · 8 years

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The Toxic Avenger - Michael Herz & Lloyd Kaufman 1984

#The Toxic Avenger #Michael Herz #Lloyd Kaufman #Cindy Manion

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combogamer · 8 years

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[HorrorScience] El Vengador Tóxico (1984)

El Vengador Tóxico nos cuenta la historia de Melvin, un chico tímido y atontado que tras ser humillado por una panda de gamberros cae en un montón de residuos tóxicos que lo hacen mutar en un tipo grande y fuerte que no tolera las injusticias

Lee el artículo completo aquí:

http://www.combogamer.com/19322/horrorscience-toxic-avenger-1984/

#Andree Maranda #Cindy Manion #El Vengador Toxico #Gary Schneider #HorrorScience #Jennifer Babtist #Lloyd Kaufman #Marisa Tomei #Mark Torgl #Michael Herz #Mitch Cohen #Pal Kilpatrick #Pat Ryan Jr #Robert Prichard #Sarabel Levinson #Toxic Avenger #Troma Entertainment

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cultfaction · 9 years

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Cult Movie Essentials: The Toxic Avenger (1984)

“Wherever evil brews in Tromaville, you will find the Toxic Avenger!”

Melvin Ferd (Mark Torgl) is a stereotypical 98-pound weakling. He works as a janitor at a health club in the fictional town of Tromaville, New Jersey where the customers—particularly Bozo (Gary Schneider), Slug (Robert Pritchard), Wanda (Jennifer Babtist) and Julie (Cindy Manion)—harass him constantly. His tormentors get more…

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#Bozo #Cindy Manion #featured #Gary Schneider #Jennifer Babtist #Julie #Mark Torgl #Mayor Belgoody #Melvin Ferd #Pat Ryan Jr.#Robert Pritchard #Slug #The Toxic Avenger #Tromaville #Wanda

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supercultshow · 9 years

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Howdy all you Supercultists out there on the interwebz! I’m Bad Movie Professor Cameron Coker (BS in “Lloyd Kaufman” with a minor in “Broadway Adaptations”) and I’ll be posting my hype-tacular speeches every week along with some long lost speeches from past Supercult Shows!

This week Supercult builds a well thought out venn diagram between The Jersey Shore and The Toxic Avenger!

Melvin “Junko” Ferd III was 98 lbs. of solid NERD, the mop boy of the Tromaville Health club, until the constant pranks and abuse from the Health club members lead him to a noxious fate. Emerging from a barrel of nuclear waste, Malvin is transformed into a hideously deformed superhuman force of justice against the wicked. Criminals, and bullies alike beware The Toxic Avenger!

Did we mention that the Toxic Avenger wears a Tutu?

Kid, if this were a different genre of film you’d be one 3 minute montage from being a handsome stud…

CAUTION: This movie may be too damn awesome for pretentious movie snobs. Viewer discretion is advised.

Narrator: “Meet little Melvin, he’s a 90 lb. weakling. Everyone hated Melvin.”

“Gruesome ha? Have you met my mother in law? Now that’s gruesome!”

Gotta love those practical transformation effects!

Lloyd Kaufman worked for Cannon Films (producers of some of our favorite Supercult classics like Masters of the Universe, Captain America, and Cyborg) in the late 60’s and early 70’s. During this time he met John G. Avildsen (future Academy Award-winning director of Rocky and The Karate Kid) and worked on several low-budget films as a director, producer, screenwriter, and occasional actor. In 1974, Kaufman and his business partner Michael Herz founded Troma Entertainment and began producing and distributing indie action and comedy films. In order to pay the bills Kaufman did some freelance work on films like Rocky, Saturday Night Fever, and The Final Countdown, but for the most Troma Entertainment churned out profitable “sexy comedies” including Squeeze Play!, Waitress!, Stuck on You!, and The First Turn On! It wasn’t until 1985 with the release of a certain darkly comic superhero film that Troma experienced mainstream success.

John G. Avildsen

Lloyd Kaufman

One of these directors has made received critical acclaim for his work and has an enormous fan following. One spends most of his time goofing off and having an outrageous amount of fun doing what he loves. Surprise, both of those descriptions are of Lloyd Kaufman!

Reportedly Kaufman developed the idea for a movie set at a health club while on the set of Rocky. After reading a magazine article with the headline “Horror Film Is Dead”, Lloyd decided to fight the powers that be and turn the idea into his own version of a horror film. The film’s final outcome was less a bona fide horror film and more of a campy superhero-spoof with extreme violence embedded throughout. The setting of the movie in a health club and the movie was given a working title of Health Club Horror and lobby cards bearing this title can be viewed on Troma’s website. Filming took place at various locations in New Jersey, including Jersey City, Boonton, Harrison, and Rutherford during the summer of 1983.

Released in 1985, The Toxic Avenger was directed by Kaufman and stars a host of B-movie actors and actresses like Mark Torgl, Gary Schneider, Robert Prichard, Cindy Manion, Jennifer Babtist, Dan Snow, and Mitch Cohen who would go on to star in other Troma films. Jennifer Babtist and Robert Prichard actually fell in love on the set and got married afterwards. You can also catch a young Marisa Tomei, future Oscar-winner for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Mona Lisa Vito in My Cousin Vinnie as an extra coming out of a shower.

Toxic Avenger had a rough production with numerous on-set hang-ups. During the car wreck scene, the rigged car malfunctioned and almost killed the stunt driver controlling the vehicle. While shooting in Shinbone Alley, a homeless man stole a prop gun from one of the trailers and threatened the crew. According to Mitch Cohen, the actor who played the Toxie, the Toxic Avenger, the homeless man also walked up to him and offered him a drink, believing him to be a genuine homeless burn victim. The sheep that Mark Torgl had to kiss was infested with lice, but he did not find that out until after the scene was shot.

During the restaurant robbery scene the robber who has his arm ripped off actually only had one arm. In the scene one can see that his right arm is a prosthetic, as he never moves or uses this arm until Toxie rips it off. ‘Patrick Kilpatrick’ who played Leroy (the face-painted criminal at the Mexican restaurant) quit the film after having to point a shotgun at a baby. The location used for the Mexican Restaurant was actually called “The Mexican Place”, just like it was in the movie and is now a Popeye’s in Rutherford, NJ.

The practical gore effects were particularly troublesome, not because they were technically difficult to pull off, but because they were so visceral. In one scene a dog is shot and despite the fact that the dog had been trained to glide across the floor on command and its “guts” were spaghetti covered in gray paint, that scene received the most complaints of any other film up to that point for Troma. The head-crushing scene was accomplished by injecting a melon with corn syrup and red food dye, putting a wig on the melon and fitting the melon onto a dummy. The scene was actually based on a time when Lloyd Kaufman was backing a car out of his garage and accidentally hit his younger sister. Though nobody was harmed the memory haunted him for years.

Toxic Avenger was built from the ground up as a campy B-movie complete with gruesome practical effects and gratuitous nudity. More importantly, the Toxic Avenger is the film that built the house of Troma. It was Troma Entertainment’s first Horror film after so many sex comedies, but afterwards Troma focused almost exclusively on horror films. Despite only moderate success at the box office, making a mere $800,000 from a budget of $500,000, Toxic Avenger generated three film sequels, a stage musical production, and a children’s TV cartoon, Toxic Crusaders, which featured Toxie as a leader of a team of mutated superheroes who fought against evil alien polluters!

The Toxic Avanger paved the way for other quality Troma films like Tromeo and Juliet, Mother’s Day, and the Class of Nuke ‘em High series. Toxie himself is now the official icon of Troma Entertainment and has become somewhat of a cult movie culture idol. He marches in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade every year and he is a favorite of both military and environmental groups around the world.

The Toxic Avenger has an IMDB score of 6.2 and a Rotten Tomatoes 65%. It’s gruesome and it’s in bad taste, but it’s also brilliantly hilarious, and entertaining as F@*$! In short, it’s pure escapism, the perfect Supercult film to cap off a particularly Toxic week!

The Supercult show is proud to present, the first Super-Hero…from New Jersey!

The Toxic Avenger!

The Toxic Avenger Howdy all you Supercultists out there on the interwebz! I’m Bad Movie Professor Cameron Coker (BS in “Lloyd Kaufman” with a minor in “Broadway Adaptations”) and I’ll be posting my hype-tacular speeches every week along with some long lost speeches from past Supercult Shows!

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