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Location
Miami, FL
Project Title
Fat Boy
Fiscal Year Awarded
2013
Grant or Program
National Theater Project Creation & Touring Grant
Grant Amount
$40,000
Fat Boy is a non-linear story based on American consumerism and waste, juxtaposed against world hunger and poverty. It takes the audience on a journey through a rice cultivation ritual, using surreal character narration, Balinese dance and theater, and Zen ritual movement. Elements of this particular work are also influenced by "Reaganomics" era cultural and sub-cultural phenomena of the 1980s, known as the "Me" decade, including B-Girl/Boy (Breaking) choreography, reggae dub music, sounds of thunder and lighting used by Jamaican dance hall DJs, and stylized text referencing additional music and culture of that time that is still relevant today.