|
|
Article: Fandom on display in trio's 'Parking Lot'.(Trio launches its new series 'Parking Lot')
- Article from:
- Multichannel News
- Article date:
- January 26, 2004
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2004 Reed Business Information, Inc. (US). This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Trio will take a peek at the obsessive world of "fandom" with its new series Parking Lot. The show, expanding on the 1986 short film Heavy Metal Parking Lot--which tried to gain insights into the mindset of Judas Priest devotees--interviews fans at diverse events from a Cher concert to a wrestling match.
The Trio series betters the original film primarily through its selection of fans to interview. The original documentary-style film consists mainly of 15 minutes of drunken teenagers yelling, "Priest rules."
Parking Lot on the other hand, interviews mostly sober--and almost always overzealous--fans, outside of each venue. Because of that, the show ...