DATELINE: Oakville February 23rd.
TWO MORE TEAMS LOST THEIR BATTLE FOR THE TEACUP. February 23rd rocked the league with Provervisers two down, and a strong mature opposition in Bald Faced, twice their manpower, and four times their age.
But Provervisers, despite their initial handicap and technical weakness and gangly limbs, impressed the judges throughout the match.
In the first match the audience discovered player Williams was actually Bédard in a wig. Fans were shocked to see the powerful wig handling, and then straight into a ‘heart-rending” reduction scene that really "slapped". Bald came back with a four-square multi-layered scene bonanza which may have been slowed by some of the older knees on the team.
Jack and the Beanstalk (which has frankly historically stumped many a team, narratively) went as long as the beanstalk. Genres helped distract from the length but Bald countered with a call centre using the other team as objects. Sabotage? Likewise Bald’s “confined” small sewer virtually reeked of plodding (or should we say “plopping”) justifications for entrances and exits to the murky depths.
Prover’s murderous gibberish devolved into silence, and yet the fourth inception came close to actually solving the answers and the score tied up 27-27. And speaking of inception — the tie breaker was Bald’s re-telling of the movie Inception in one minute, which to this reporter’s mind was the preferred length for that film. The judges ruled for Bald Faced and Provers are squeezed out of the tournament in overtime. It’s a Canadian thing.
In the second match, the room was buzzing with the energy and sheer volume of Hall and Livingston (ZING!). Yes Ampersand came in swinging with a scene during end times (which, during this news cycle, audiences could certainly relate to). Zombies, brains and Ice cream was sticky for the judges. ZING! returned with a Sit Stand Lie, but truth be told, ZING moved too fast for the audience to comment.
Good calls for F-R from Hopkins, side coaching with the patience of a curling skip. Feilchenfeld’s strumming was a dramatic add to a small sentient spork, but it was Hall who Frito Lay’d to rest the competition, by having the whole audience singing the crunchy chorus of “Potato Chips”, the musical.
Yes, Ampersand is the fourth team eliminated from the TeaCup, but with their heads held high (also, they are quite tall).
On March 2nd, APB will meet James’ Team in Match 11 and ZING faces off against Bald Faced in Match 12, their's the final elimination round before the finals on March 13th.