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The Movies (abridged) Venue 6 – Tom Hendry
Theatre at the MTC Warehouse
This production certainly set itself a lofty goal,
covering every major genre of movie ever made. And while I don't think they were
serious about it, they did manage to cover quite a few of them in the course
of the show. This is sketch comedy and as you might expect some of the
sketches were funnier than others. All were delivered with high energy
and at breakneck speed. As a matter of fact the show ran about 10
minutes short of its advertised running time on the night I saw it. The show did a good job of lampooning some of
the shallowness of the movie biz. One of my particular favourites was
the sketch that covered the Die Hard movies, ending with Bruce Willis crying
out for a new agent. Rob Gee's send up of The Lord of the Rings takes
about 10 seconds and, so as not to spoil the surprise, I will only
say was one of the funniest parts of the show. All of the actors
are particularly adept at physical comedy which really added to the quality
of the show. There were a couple of scenes in questionable taste,
but hey, this is the Fringe. Overall this was a decent comedy with
enough laughs to make it worth while viewing, particularly to movie buffs. - Terry Moor UMFM |
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