Blue Man Group is universally regarded as out of this world, in a figurative sense, by witnesses to its scintillating spectacle of light, sound and discovery. In a literal sense, the origins of the wide-eyed cerulean sensualists who appear onstage in threes is more complicated. They exist in several dimensions at once: physically in their theater at Luxor; imaginatively in their own metaverse; and energetically in the shared consciousness between cast, crew and audience during each performance.
The men are back in blue after a sabbatical that lasted through June. It was a good time for them to get their quantum physicals—every cast member is fully vaccinated—and adapt to a society that was experiencing disruptions in empathetic communicative abilities. The Blue Man Group found itself with a new mission: to distract highly evolved Earthling bipeds with an escape from stressful surface energy and nourish them with a return to the sense of wonder they were born with. Pandemic guidelines may have cut back on backstage meet-and-greets, but have not affected the coveted Poncho Section, where patrons proactive enough to wear washable fabrics can get an especially intimate point of view of the proceedings. Every seat in Blue Man Theater is flooded with sound, though, as live musicians back up the Blue Men while they encounter peculiar tubular contraptions and reimagined drum sets. Crunchy cereal is just as good of a sound as striking plastic pipes to a Blue Man, just not as messy.
The Blue Men are mainly a mess to themselves during performances, but it depends on what is going into their mouths. There is a gooey substance that forms into cohesive slices of cylindrical matter that creates a release of Blue Man Endorphins after Blue Men catch them in their mouths when thrown from a distance. Some say it’s an illusion of reversed time, and the audience is witnessing Blue Men eject marshmallows from their mouths in hopes that they will grow to become new Blue Men.
While this has yet to happen, the Blue Men relate to and wordlessly encourage thinking differently. They understand that humans sometimes exist in slightly different dimensions. They have exponential empathy for people who may need special aural, neurological or ocular considerations. There are strobe light segments, but there are also staff members who, upon request in advance, can smoothly escort strobe-intolerant guests toward safer spaces. Beings with super-sensitive hearing can obtain sound-reducing accessories, and the Blue Man Group have been known to modify performances for people with autism and their families.
Although Blue Man Group wants no Homo sapiens left behind as it maintains its mission on three-dimensional Earth, its motives are not entirely altruistic. Pounding percussion and tactile input unleash neurotransmitters that cause Blue Men to emit excitement frequencies. This kinetic energy travels on wavelengths into the audience and can be amplified by reaction, participation and positive mental attitude. It’s The Blue Man Law of Shared Euphoria, and it must be experienced to be understood.
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