- OTHER MEDIA
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- Serve by Expiration
- SF Bay Guardian March 12, 2008 (Nicole Gluckstern)
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- Let's start with a little confession. Except for internships, I have
never worked in a cubicle (internships don't count), and Dilbert makes
me cringe. Oh, hilarious, blank-faced, poorly drawn stereotypes of entropic
humanity, how refreshing! Thankfully Thunderbird Theatre's Serve by Expiration
relishes in sending up the same stereotypes by taking them to the most
illogical of extremes. The old bad interview gambit? Why not have the desperate
interviewee (Matt Gunnison) pull pudding from his pants and offer handjobs
to the mailroom? The old office-greening gag? Enter the "Maniflower"
(Tavis Kammet) — the pollution-imbibing, oxygen-expelling employee
of the future (replete with a very unique pollination system). The old
unrequited office romance conundrum? Why not send in Super Mario (Jenni
Gebhardt) for a little heart-to-heart counsel over a case of Pabst? A fearless
lineup of Thunderbird regulars and a few newbies keep their faces straight
and the energy popping throughout, and though there might be a few too
many references to video games for this technophobe to fully appreciate,
overall the material translates universally, even to (or maybe especially
to) the clueless. Plus, it definitely inspired me to remain cubeless. (Gluckstern)
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