So, this evening the Tribeca drive-in (the north cove at the world financial center) had Thriller night!
Here's the official description of the event:
Join filmmaker and "Thriller" video director John Landis for a special 25th anniversary screening of Michael Jackson's epic 1984 music video, plus the classic Making of Thriller. Learn the Thriller dance and take part in the world's largest zombie disco. Become a zombie at the Thriller face-painting station. Cast your ballot at our Michael Jackson look-alike contest. We're kicking off the evening with a classic Solid Gold Dance Party. . . and bringing out the ghouls as soon as the sun goes down.
If there is anything you know about me., it's my love of zombies, so as soon as my friend Steven told me about this, I knew I had to check it out!
As soon as we entered the park, what to my wondering eyes should appear? But John Landis being interviewed. Don't worry I played it cool as a cucumber, I only loudly announced "Hey look it's John Landis!"
Those souls brave enough to partake in the zombie face painting looked really cool. As much as I wanted to get done up as the un-dead, I just couldn't muster up the courage to take the express bus home like that.
There were white "MJ" gloves handed out, (quite an appropriate favor, but I was really hoping for the red leather jacket) free popcorn, and free bottles of some new snapple drink who's name I can't quite recall, expect that it was quite refreshing to my palate.
Before the film, there was a choreographed dance sequence (by the cast of step-up-and dance, I was told but I can't verify that because even I have limits as far as television programming is concerned) of the Thriller dance in full zombie get-up.
John Landis introduced the films. There was a short film where will-i-am interviewed Quincy Jones and some of today's music stars weighed in the importance of Michael Jackson.
Then the moment everyone was waiting for. The Thriller video. Yes. I sang, and bopped along to the song in my seat. It was great. Next up was the making of Thriller film. Which I didn't stay for the entirety of. So alas I missed out on the zombie disco, about which Mr. Landis intoned: "I thought there was going to be more room for you guys to dance, just clear some of these seats out. We're going to show those Philippine prisoners they aren't the only ones who can do the Thriller dance. We're gonna show them how it's done."
And I sure hope those who stayed did.
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