Happy Valentine’s Day from the Minions of Gozer!

We must prepare for the coming of Gozer. We do this by watching our favorite movie and taking lots of notes, and writing our shadowcasting script. We hang out with the talent and dine on the finest fare, and we go shopping for props and other items we need for auditions, which are being held this weekend.

Shopping in Manhattan, eating and drinking with friends, you never would have known that we were preparing for our prisoners to be freed.  Granted some of our friends were in flight suits and carried  ghost traps and proton packs. But that’s life when you’re a demi-god.

Happy Valentine’s Day from Vinz and Zuul. We hope you have a good one, whether you’ve found  your Keymaster yet or not! Or maybe you’re not even looking, which we also love. Either way, when you’re all mushed out from chocolates and roses on Tuesday, and looking for something less romantic but super fun to do next weekend in the Manhattan/Brooklyn area, don’t forget to RSVP to our auditions.

A special note on our Brooklyn auditions Sunday – we’ve opened these up a bit. You no longer have to RSVP via email; if you follow us on Facebook, just go to the event we’ve set up for Sunday’s audition and click “I’m attending.” That’s it. We’ll get in touch and give you all the details that you need to get in on the fun. If you want to join us on Saturday, you can still RSVP to yourenoflukejennifer@gmail.com and we’ll see you then!

Possibilities in Audience Participation (AP) – Part One

Ghostbusters is a great film to enjoy at home. You can quote every line without anyone getting upset with you. (Unless your cat is a jerk.) It goes without saying that it’s even better on the big screen. You get great closeups of the PKE meter and other equipment/gear. No more straining your eyes to make out that Crunch bar either!  But what makes Ghostbusters such a great candidate for Audience Participation (AP?) Well, if you’re kind of a purist, then….nothing. But who doesn’t love a quote-along? And trust us, AP is even more fun than that.

But just in case you need some encouragement…a gentle reminder, if you will…never fear, we’re going to give it to you. Today we introduce the first part in a multi-part series entitled “Possibilities in Audience Participation” You will probably see this referred to as PAP in the future, as we’re too lazy to write it out over and over again.

Possibilities in Audience Participation – Part One: Throwing Stuff

Without going into a long and storied history of AP, anyone with a cursory knowledge of pop culture knows about the Rocky Horror Picture Show. Probably you have a friend who has a friend who plays in the cast! The mother of all party screenings, the very start of AP, right here in the Big Apple. Creative and possibly irreverent but most undoubtedly dashing fans turned a critical bomb into a cult classic, and brought AP into being by yelling strategically timed lines at the screen and even using props! Never been to see Rocky Horror? Its no problem; their official fan page goes into detail on what to bring and when to throw it.

We here at Minions of Gozer are convinced that Ghostbusters brims, no, teems, with multiple possibilities for AP. Especially the kind you can throw. Respectfully. But with great joy. See if you can guess what you might want to bring to the theatre for this scene?

That’s right, your shoelaces! Wait. What? You never threw your shoelaces at the old librarian before? Not even to show her how much you liked her? Oh well, I suppose that was just us. No shoelaces then. But how about index cards? Affordable, accessible, and they make that clicking sound when you’re shooting them up into the air.

Next, we have a no-brainer.

Yay! Lets all throw marshmallows! Try and catch them with your mouth! He who catches the most gets diabetes! Or makes their pre-diabetes worse if they’re one of the minions (the one with high sugar.) Amazing!

And lastly, we’ll leave you with a little video!

We’ll let your imagination run wild. Until next time…..when we’ll cover call and response…have a great night and don’t forget to RSVP to our open (shadow)casting call!!!