| December 2, 2006 |
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Mortified
Before  MySpace ruled the roost, the diary was the go-to spot for teens to vent. Young people put pencil to paper and recorded the deepest, darkest truths of their wildly beating hearts. Yet, while many diarists saved those key-locked records, few dip back into them adults. Why? Because all that ranting and "reflecting" can make a 30-year-old feel a bit... mortified. Now, a "grassroots comedy collective" by that very name has inspired a surprising number of grown-ups to return to their adolescent scribbling and read passages aloud on stage. Lights, laughter, and all the gusty emotions of adolescence—it sounds like an anxiety nightmare, but it's actually a nationwide tour, a book, and a bona fide sensation. Even if Mortified isn't coming through your town, you can always check it out online. Start with other people's posts and photos, where accounts of "forign" style kissing and worlds crumbling "in all of 45 minutes" vie for attention with portraits of jazz dancers and "low rent superheroes." (in Cultures and Groups) |
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