Love Letter to Cosplay

BY admin on July 18, 2016

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We love watching Adam Savage on his show MythBusters. He’s technical, creative, and best of all – funny! Adam makes an Ode to Cosplay in his phenomenal Ted Talk.

He explains how he grew up with a love for costuming and how that love evolved over time. He talks about his childhood and how he made a space helmet and painted his closet back to go on space missions. In the 1980’s the movie Jaws came out, and Adam’s mother surprised him with a shark costume that delighted and amazed him – despite being essentially a wearable cardboard poster of the shark.

After watching Excaliber, Adam made himself a suit of armor and cardboard horse from household materials, then wore it to school and passed out from heat exhaustion (note to self – make sure armor suits have plenty of ventilation.)

Costumes add to the storytelling that Adam has done on his TV shows, create a sense of community among other Cosplayers, and allow the self to live a part of fantasy that is beautiful and fun.