Point Break Live! Day

Well, this just proves that San Francisco is the coolest place on the planet*. The mayor has proclaimed April 11, 2008, to be "Point Break Live!" Day. What is "Point Break Live!", you ask? From what I've read it sounds like the greatest theatrical production this side of "Evil Dead: The Musical". Here's what their official website has to say:

"Point Break Live!" is the absurdist stage adaptation of the 1992 Keanu Reeves/Patrick Swayze extreme-sports blockbuster that tells the story of former College football star, Johnny Utah, in pursuit of the surfing, bank robbing, skydiving, bare-hand-fighting adrenaline-junkie-cum-Zen-master Bodhi Sattva.

(And here's the best part...)

The starring role of Johnny Utah is selected from the audience each night, and reads their entire script off of cue-cards. This method manages to capture the rawness of a Keanu Reeves performance even from those who generally think themselves incapable of acting. The fun starts immediately with the "screen test" wherein the volunteer Keanus (usually 5-15 men and women vie for the role) go through a grueling audition process. The part is then cast via applaus-o-meter.

"Point Break Live!" is presented by New Rock Theater Productions.

And, of course, here's some info on the greatest film of 1991, Point Break.

* Seattle deserves some props since that is where the show originated... but they didn't give the show its own day. Ha! Seattle, you got pwned by SF.

Bodhi, this is your wakeup call! I am an F...B... I... agent....