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P E R F O R M A N C E > FAT BRANDO (a parable of moribundity)
 
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"FAT BRANDO" flyer (by Andy
Gabrysiak)
Performed at The Detroit Artists Market in Detroit, Michigan on September 30, 2011, as a stop on the College for Creative Studies/Wayne State University Art Parade. The performance lasted 15 minutes and was performed by Chris Butterfield, Andy Gabrysiak and Ryan Standfest. Adrienne Berry, Mike Lyons Williams, Brian Tucker and Allison Young performed the music, which consisted of a repeated phrase from John Philip Sousa's march "Stars and Stripes Forever," the form of which degraded throughout the course of the performance.

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The musicians— with Mike Lyons Williams, Adrienne C.N. Berry and Allison Young.
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Mister Spike (Andy Gabrysiak)and Mister Bango (Chris Butterfield) bring out the atom bomb cake.
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Mister Spike and Mister Bango carefully place the atom bomb cake.
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The atom bomb cake (by Michelle Mantua).
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Mister Spike and Mister Bango fetch the ladder.
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Mister Spike and Mister Bango place the ladder beside the atom bomb cake.
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Mister Ricky (Ryan Standfest) directs Mister Spike and Mister Bango, from the dumpster bunker.
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Mister Ricky (with red air raid siren) welcomes Mister Spike and Mister Bango into the dumpster bunker.
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Mister Spike, Mister Bango and Mister Ricky re-emerge from the dumpster bunker...
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On their Weltschmerz Carts. Mister Ricky points in the direction to ride...
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...as the music plays.
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Mister Bango and Mister Ricky dig into their suitcases, removing brick skins.
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Mister Bango begins tossing brick skins.
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Mister Spike, Mister Ricky and Mister Bango all toss their brick skins.
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Mister Ricky with a brick skin.
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Mister Bango, Mister Ricky and Mister Spike all peel skins from their bricks.
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Mister Ricky drops the three bricks on the atom bomb cake.
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The atom bomb cake is destroyed by the three bricks.
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Mister Bango, Mister Ricky and Mister Spike all devour the atom bomb cake.
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