Blind Prophecy

My second major extracurricular activity of the semester was another year of Fordham Follies, the law revue parody produced annually to mock the absurd and entertaining parts of law school.

This year was a lot of fun, and I got a lot of opportunities to take center stage. I was the stage manager for the show and I helped write about half a dozen songs. I played the dean, again, which was fun. I also got some plum parts like one of three bar preparation company reps in a parody of “Fugue For Tinhorns” from Guys and Dolls and lead parts in songs based on “Populism Yea Yea” from Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson and “Skid Row” from Little Shop of Horrors. They also let me dance this year (last year I mostly did a lot of bopping in place) but I’m not sure if that’s a good thing or not. So far, the only number from this year we have on line (with me in it, anyway) is this one…

I’m sure we’ll have more footage from the show online soon. On the other hand, we did three promo videos this year (directed by me). The “Libraria” number was from last year’s show and got a Dishonorable Mention in the online contest for these things. The “Not Going to Georgetown” video, which was an original written specifically for promotional purposes and features way too much of me singing, got an Honorable Mention.

We had a bit of extra adventure this year. The undergraduate theatre department was staging a production of The Good Person of Szechwan that involved piling up a bunch of ugly shipping pallets on the stage we use to put on the show. This meant we had to build a stage on top of their shitty-ass platforms. We learned about this on Monday of tech week. We ended up having some fun with this and designating this the year of “Follies Extreme!!”

I’ll definitely be doing something with the show again next year. In fact, I’m already starting to write some songs and make plans for videos. I’m going to miss these little shows after I’m done with law school.

Filed under: law school, theatregeekery by Jere Keys