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Burp & grind
‘Rick and Morty’ burlesque show
crash landing into Coney Island
By Rose Adams Time to get schwifty in here!
A nerdy burlesque show will transport
viewers to a sexy sci-fi world — if
the Galactic Federation doesn’t notice. “Burplesque,”
a strip show inspired by the foulmouthed
cartoon show “Rick and Morty,”
will crash land in Coney Island on June 29.
The show’s creator says that paying tribute to
the misadventures of a mad scientist and his
timid grandson is outside the bounds of most
burlesque troupes.
“We do the weird stuff,” said Petite
Renard, who runs Metropolis Burlesque with
her husband, Moe Cheezmo. The group specializes
in giving off-beat television shows,
comics, and movies a goofy, sensual twist.
The group first tackled “Rick and Morty” in a
show three years ago, and its super-fans went
wabadubadubdub.
“Rick and Morty pushes a lot of our nerdy
buttons,” Cheezmo said.
The June 29 performance will get extra
raunchy and squanchy, with seven acts featuring
the show’s lead characters, including
Morty, his mother Beth, and the scientist formerly
known as Rick, alongside minor figures
from the show, such as Ma-Sha, the sexy ruler
of the planet Gazorpazorp, who Renard will
portray for the first time. The sci-fi show’s constantly
changing cast keeps each edition of the
“Burp-Lesque” show fresh, said Cheezmo.
“We’ve done the show three times, and it
hasn’t been the same once,” he said.
For other shows, the group has drawn
on other unlikely cult classics, including
depressed equine cartoon “Bojack Horseman,”
the “Sandman” comic series by Neil Gaiman,
and Hanyo Miyazaki movies. Cheezmo refers
to the group’s tongue-in-cheek burlesque style
as “nerd-lesque,” and says that the pop-culture
trappings can bring in audiences that might
not be comfortable with a traditional bumpand
grind.
“A lot of people wouldn’t get necessarily
go to burlesque, but they get hooked on the
idea of nerd-lesque,” he said.
“The show definitely brings nerds together,”
added Renard.
The show will mark Metropolis Burlesque’s
debut at Coney Island Sideshows by the
Seashore stage, which hosts “Burlesque at the
Beach” with different groups each weekend
during the summer.
“Burp-Lesque” at Sideshows by the
Seashore 1208 Surf Ave. at W. 12th Street in
Coney Island, (718) 372–5159, www.coneyisland.
com. June 29 at 10 p.m. $20.
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Cartoon in: Moe Cheezmo (left) and Petite Renard (right)
will play Rick Sanchez and Beth Smith from the hit
show “Rick and Morty” in their burlesque show “Burplesque”
on June 29. Atticus Media Productions
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