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It reminds of a stage play co-produced by the Toronto Japan Foundation a few years ago that involved a girl bringing home her new boyfriend to meet her parents. The boyfriend turning out to be Godzilla.
It reminds of a stage play co-produced by the Toronto Japan Foundation a few years ago that involved a girl bringing home her new boyfriend to meet her parents. The boyfriend turning out to be Godzilla.
Did he appear in costume on stage - or was he unseen off-stage with cast members looking out the window or something? Did he speak, or just squak?
I have no idea of how the original Japanese production was staged, but this version, he was just a regular guy in a leather jacket, who for the most part spoke normally. The humour came from him behaving like Godzilla, and everyone else treating him like Godzilla. It was very much the Kaiju version of Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.
I do often wonder how it would have played with a guy in a Godzilla costume.
sigpic Oh then, what's this? Big flashy lighty thing, that's what brought me here! Big flashy lighty things have got me written all over them. Not actually. But give me time. And a crayon.
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