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| Singalong: In a musical-themed episode of TV's 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer,' characters such as Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar)
express their feelings through song. Courtesy of 20th Century Fox |
For 'Buffy,' it's Fandom of the Opera
Television's cult teen heroine continues to vamp on the big-screen in a karaoke singalong that's touring the US.
By Irene Svete | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitorfrom the July 6, 2007 edition
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Seattle - In the world of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," death is rarely permanent.
The critically acclaimed cult television show about Buffy Summers – the one girl in all of the world mystically chosen to save us from demons, vampires, and other forces of darkness – aired its last new episode in 2003. But the twice-resurrected heroine continues to entertain.
Last weekend, several hundred fans crowded into Seattle's Egyptian Theater for a chance to sing, dance, and shout down Buffy's blabbermouth little sister, Dawn, while the show's Emmy-nominated musical episode, "Once More With Feeling," unfolded on the big screen.
Clinton McClung, the organizer and host of the Buffy Musical Big Screen Extravaganza, now touring nationally, calls the interactive midnight lovefest "Buffy-oke."
"You can't have an experience like this in front of your DVD player at home," says Mr. McClung. "I'm totally pumped after each show."
Buffy fans seem to agree.
Seattleite Mickey Sacks and her friends arrived 90 minutes early to snag spots at the front of a line that eventually snaked halfway around the block. Enthusiasts since shortly after the series launched in 1997, they say singing along at home and on road trips is great, but it isn't as much fun as being part of a full-on production.
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