the evening started out on a nutty note anyway. a singing note, actually. this was at feinstein<u+2019>s/54 below where rachel bloom, the star and co-creator of the cw<u+2019>s musical comedy series <u+201c>crazy ex-girlfriend,<u+201d> participated in a special live event with the show<u+2019>s executive music producer, adam schlesinger, and broadway chatterbox seth rudetsky. <u+201c>who loves <u+2018>crazy ex-girlfriend<u+2019>?<u+201d> mr. rudetsky asked the crowd, and everyone cheered. <u+201c>who is a crazy ex-girlfriend?<u+201d> he then asked, and got an equally loud response. <u+201c>let<u+2019>s start with a song about self-loathing,<u+201d> said ms. bloom, who sang <u+201c>you stupid bitch<u+201d> from season one of her series. <u+201c>how did you have the amazing idea of playing a psycho?<u+201d> mr. rudetsky asked ms. bloom, when she was finished. <u+201c>well, i<u+2019>ve been doing it a long time,<u+201d> she responded. humor aside, she was actually referring, in part, to the rather unhinged characters she created for the upright citizens brigade theatre and music videos on youtube. playing crazy women, she explained, made her feel less personally bananas. since we were already on the crazy train, we headed over to rotisserie georgette on east 60th street. here, christine lagarde, the managing director of the international monetary fund, was helping recruit new york ladies for the 27th rallye a<u+00ef>cha des gazelles du maroc, an annual, nine-day off-road rally for charity that will take place in march in trucks, 4x4s and motorbikes in and around the moroccan desert. ms. lagarde said she has promised the organization<u+2019>s founder, dominique serra, that as soon as she finishes with the imf, she will happily participate as a gazelle. <u+201c>one day i will do the running too,<u+201d> she explained. in a quick exchange, she added that participating would involve some training. but mostly in the sleep department. <u+201c>i will have to get used to sleeping in different circumstances and conditions, and not in a comfortable bed,<u+201d> ms. lagarde said. <u+201c>and i will have to get used to a lot of sand on my face. i<u+2019>m not very keen on sand.<u+201d> how do you top this slightly loopy exchange (in keeping with a somewhat eccentric cause)? you go next door to the fendi store on madison avenue and east 57th street where hannah bronfman, leigh lezark, ian mellencamp and jazmin grace grimaldi were helping two giant, plush japanese characters celebrate their last days in the states before heading back to japan. inspired by furry fendi charms, the <u+201c>fendirumi<u+201d> are an interpretation of japanese <u+201c>kigurumi<u+201d> mascots. everyone was invited to say <u+201c>fur-well<u+201d> to the pink piro-chan, who has large yellow eyes, gray hands and feet, a blue crest and features the fendi logo, and bug-kun, who is large and blue, with triangle eyes, emblazoned with an ff. neither speak english and each has its own interpreter slash translator. <u+201c>the blue one was getting a little handsy,<u+201d> joked the interior designer ariel ashe after posing for a gif with bug-kun. how do you end a loopy evening like this? in sunset park, of course, at the brooklyn army terminal. here, bombay sapphire sponsored a special <u+201c>get out the vote<u+201d> vip night at creative time<u+2019>s and pedro reyes<u+2019>s <u+201c>doomocracy<u+201d> installation, which closes on sunday. waris ahluwalia, spike jonze and laurie anderson were just some of the guests who came to experience this trippy performance art piece as well as a specialty gin cocktail, the <u+2019>merican dream, made with apple pur<u+00e9>e, pumpkin extract, saffron and nutmeg and served with a red, white or blue balloon. our evening<u+2014>and <u+201c>doomocracy<u+201d><u+2014>ended with a soccer game with players wearing donald trump and hillary clinton masks. we won<u+2019>t tell you who won, but it seemed an appropriately cockamamie cap to a ridiculous night. write to marshall heyman at marshall.heyman@wsj.com
self-loathing, <u+2018>doomocracy,<u+2019> an off-road rally and <u+2018>fendirumi<u+2019> - wsj
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