For a couple years I’ve been making Mining Accident Theater, in which two coal miners are trapped by a terrible accident in a mine shaft with a bunch of mysterious old film reels and a projector. It’s a premise that explains why there’s no light so I don’t have to make sets or costumes or be in the same city as the other actors, and because I have a background in audio drama. There’s brief opening and closing sketches sandwiching shorts.
There’s 5 episodes so far. The first two are slightly rough so the third, “About Fallout”, might be the best introduction point:
Just started work on the 6th (Boredom at Work II: The Search for Zest). If anybody here ever feels like doing a little riff writing or acting, I’d love to have some help. Tis not for profit, of course.
Cute, and I like the voices. That’s the one area that trips up a lot of fanvids, there’s not much personality in the voices, and the delivery can be a bit stiff. But that wasn’t an issue here. I especially liked the person who sounds like a cross between Michael Cera and Crispin Glover - a distinct, kind of laid back voice. Plus there’s some good quips (She’s cross-eyed).
As an aside, I misheard the narrator in the short as saying “We have a rape meter”, and did a double take, “The hell? Let me replay that…” Thank goodness, a “rate” meter. Phew.
A while back, Rifftrax (Bridget & Mary Jo) did a short called “Boredom at Work”. Today, Mining Accident Theater #6 tackles the even more exciting sequel “Boredom at Work II: The Search for Zest”. Watch Hugh go to therapy, fondle his face in a restroom mirror, and try to rekindle his sex life by thinking about his mother.
Today marks the first 3 riffer episode and my first television episode riff… of practically the first television show. It’s actually a good story, considering the severe limitations of having only 2 actors and 1 stationary camera doing a 30 minute continuous take (probably performed live?) with the director’s repurposed clipboard as the only set piece.
