What I liked
MARK TWAIN ANSWERS ALL YOUR QUESTIONS
The celebrated writer and humorist begins the evening by dying in a hail of bullets from a police shootout that then evolves into your classic porno flick with the sound of a zipper preceding an officer bringing out for inspection his lethal weapon.
Later in the evening Mr. Twain accidently immolates himself.
Twice.
While historical validity is not perhaps a high point here, Ed Goodman’s interpretation of Twain is truly an uncanny experience and one must constantly remind themselves they are only watching a consummate actor recreating his role from last year’s The Poe Show, otherwise you would swear that on stage it really was Ed Norton in a silly wig.
Cheap laughs abound.
We’re talking a red tag sale at the 99¢ Store cheap, but boy they abound. Goodman’s off the cuff impeccable timing and his reverence for the irreverent supplies so much merriment that you almost want to grab a broom and kill it.
But don’t do that, just sit back and laugh.
The call: SILVER
What I didn't like
mr. goodman’s feet
My overall impression
MARK TWAIN ANSWERS ALL YOUR QUESTIONS
The celebrated writer and humorist begins the evening by dying in a hail of bullets from a police shootout that then evolves into your classic porno flick with the sound of a zipper preceding an officer bringing out for inspection his lethal weapon.
Later in the evening Mr. Twain accidently immolates himself.
Twice.
While historical validity is not perhaps a high point here, Ed Goodman’s interpretation of Twain is truly an uncanny experience and one must constantly remind themselves they are only watching a consummate actor recreating his role from last year’s The Poe Show, otherwise you would swear that on stage it really was Ed Norton in a silly wig.
Cheap laughs abound.
We’re talking a red tag sale at the 99¢ Store cheap, but boy they abound. Goodman’s off the cuff impeccable timing and his reverence for the irreverent supplies so much merriment that you almost want to grab a broom and kill it.
But don’t do that, just sit back and laugh.
The call: SILVER
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