PHHH# 818.4


CROUCHING HASHER, HIDDEN TRAIL

Opening Date: March 25, 2001

Lighting: Natural

Set Location: Blackwell Road side of Rosedale Park to another

Directed by: Catch and Release

Running Time: 1hr 45minutes

Actors: Discomfort, Ouipee, DNA Rat's Ass, Tony, Nonsensei, 

Disgruntled SAG Actors: Solo, Hey YO! Paully (Cameo scene only)

SYNOPSIS: This is an epic about five hashers who must find 'the way' 
in the rugged environments of Rosedale Park. Bereft of two veterans 
early on, the five hashers embark on the ultimate quest towards 
hashing enlightenment armed only with a bag of Amish Friendship 
Bread Yeast.

Trial and tribulation are associated with most quests, and this one 
is no different. But Director C&R delivers an entirely new twist on 
this concept: the hash crawl. Yes, about 60% of this story is about 
crawling.--Crawl in the mud, crawl through shiggy, crawl through 
deer carcass, crawl in deer dung, crawl through toxic waste--the 
list is endless. This is a movie experience that is destined to 
spawn an industry in elbow and knee pads, as well as chronic back 
pain. 

Some memorable performances worth mentioning include Discomfort's 
display of her best grimace yet, Tony's desperate attempt to cross, 
what ultimately turned out to be an ankle-deep river, and 
Nonsensei's discovery of her core competence: "Hey look guys, I 
don't have to bend, I can just walk under it!" 

The climax of this story is, no doubt, the double-cross arrow. 
Without giving too much away, suffice it to say, that a fair amount 
of time was spent by the fearless hashers looking for hidden marks 
in the direction of the arrow, only to discover that that the true 
path to enlightenment was hmm ... how would I describe it  ... 
"misaligned?"

All in all, 60% crouching and crawling, 20% running,, 20% flummoxed, 
this one deserves one thumb and two pinkies up! 

<<<Excerpts from Director's Interview>>>

Interviewer: You're usually known for short-length debacles, what 
inspired the change in style and length?

Director: This time I was drunk, I didn't plan it out, I got lost, 
and most importantly, this whole gig was involuntary. 

Interviewer: And what exactly inspired the theme -The Crouching and 
Hidden? It sounds awfully familiar.

Director: Pshawwww ... Familiar? I'll say. I saw that Ang Lee movie and 
I sure didn't see any tigers or dragons. Jeez, I think Steve Martin 
was so intelligent for pointing that out at the Academy Awards. So, 
I wanted to really bring the out the crouching and hidden on mine. 
No esoteric artsy mumbo-jumbo with me. Anyway, nice talking to you 
but I only have a few more months to break glassware, so I must be 
off. Too-da loo.