THE PENIS AS PUPPET |
REVIEW by Willard Manus The show is low-class, raunchy, devoid of true wit or wisdom--but it's still hilarious. PUPPETRY OF THE PENIS
has been a hit wherever it's been performed, beginning in Australia six
years ago--its creaters/performers, Simon Morley and David Friend are
Aussies--and including Scotland, London, Canada, New York, and Australia
again (2002 Melbourne International Comedy Festival). Now the show has
come to Los Angeles in all its genital glory, drawing straights and gays
alike. |
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It sounds bizarre,
demented--and it is. There is nothing sexual about any of this--if anything
it's enough to put you off sex. But, with the help of rear-projection
video camera work which delivers giant closeups of the "puppetry,"
the laughs begin to come. Morley/Friend help things along with a practiced
flow of chatter, some of it smutty, some of it satirical and/or tongue
in cheek. |
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At the Coronet Theatre, 366 N. La Cienaga Blvd for an indefinite run. Call (310) 657-7377 or visit www.puppetryofthepenis.com |