Boo Radley Forms Death Metal Band

With Lenny from Of Mice and Men and Charlie from Flowers For Algernon on bass and drums

We sat down in a grungy cafe in Athens, Georgia with the trio, Mocking Bored, Boo Radley’s new death metal band, who have recently released their first album, Able to What?

NORMAL JOURNALIST: So Boo, obviously from the title of the album, you are kind of calling out the ableist agenda with this album.

BOO RADLEY: Yeah, which you’re a part of, by the way. Aren’t you?

NORMAL JOURNALIST: I guess so.

BOO RADLEY: Yeah, that’s what this project is about. American Literature has a long tradition of Othering the mentally disabled, portraying big, slow, dumb males as some kind of FrankenChrist figures. Monster saviors. We’re here to tell you, we’re human beings. If you try to other us in this article we will kick you ass, understand?

NORMAL JOURNALIST: Of course. But with your costumes, I mean, all the black leather, the whips, the scars, the piercings and the Satanic symbols. You guys do look pretty scary. How is that humanizing you? If anything, people might say you look even more monstrous and scary.

BOO RADLEY: See! We have to dress differently so you’ll feel less threatened? Who gives a shit how you feel buddy? You’re the problem, get it?

NORMAL JOURNALIST: I think so. So, Charlie, you at one point had an IQ of 185. Did that help with learning to play bass guitar?

CHARLIE: Bass guitar for death metal music isn’t that hard. Even a retard like me can do it.

NORMAL JOURNALIST: That word…

CHARLIE: Yeah, I’m reappropriating it, so fuck off.

NORMAL JOURNALIST: Got it. So Lenny…you killed a woman.

LENNY: Here we go. Hash tag MeToo. Men are monsters, especially retarded ones. She was pawin’ at my hair, man.

NORMAL JOURNALIST: I know. That can be annoying. So, where’s George?

LENNY: Oh everyone wants to know where George is. Like Lenny’s too dumb to answer questions. Ableist.

CHARLIE: Yeah, everyone always asks me about Algernon. “Can I give some flowers to…

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