HUMP!’s twentieth anniversary was my first.
Up till final Friday, I’d (pretty deliberately) by no means watched porn outdoors of my own residence. Headed to the 6:30 p.m. screening of Dan Savage’s Soiled Little Porn Competition™ at On the Boards, I didn’t know what to brace myself for. Was I heading into a movie competition that occurred to be porn? A sequence of porn clips that occurred to be organized right into a competition?
It was neither. There’s a cause individuals have been exhibiting as much as HUMP! for 20 years: it’s a blast. Don’t mistake this for the two-minute clips you watch within the chilly blue gentle of your laptop computer. The five-minute shorts that make up the competition really feel like your finest mates sharing one thing cool they made. Don’t get me improper, they’re flirty, foolish, sizzling, and sweaty. However they’re additionally earnest, and artistic, and possibly one thing you’ve by no means seen earlier than.
Entering into, I used to be informed that The Polar Bear’s Foreskin can be probably the most memorable entry of the night. And whereas these positively aren’t visuals I’ll quickly neglect, the absurdity of Camp Baloney, mild nerdiness of Cube and Pleasure, and quiet meditation El Couch are simply as long-lasting.
HUMP! is in Seattle for 2 extra weekends earlier than it begins touring the world (40 cities and counting), and I’ll in all probability go once more. Think about the 6:30 present—loads of time to check favorites with mates after. Seize a drink on the Sitting Room or Streamline Tavern beforehand, then settle in and watch your new mates present you what they made.
HUMP! is enjoying each weekend at On the Boards by way of March fifteenth.
