What I liked
Loved the extra effort of costuming Ingersoll with the few belly pounds he might have needed to lose by not buttering so many dinner rolls.
What I didn't like
n/a
My overall impression
Should be called INGERSOLL ROCKS! My goodness I enjoyed this show. A beautiful and inspiring solo piece about an American patriot and thinker who’s been virtually ignored by history, yet whose words and advice on saving our democracy are powerful and necessary even today. So well performed by Ernest Kearney. Thank you for bringing it to Fringe in such a time of need! Kearney manages to give the 19th century “great traveling orator” feeling/presence, yet made it 100% conversational, so I was able to imagine him both at the podium of an arena, as well as at the dinner table buttering a dinner roll, smiling confidently, knowing that his arguments, filled with inspired turn of phrase and based on science rather than faith, were feet-on-the-ground irrefutable. The text of the show is culled entirely from Ingersoll’s writing, brought together in a clear and understandable, well-paced piece that illuminates the lost beauty of our language and the decorum of fine debate without losing a moment of thought behind it. Highly recommended. GO!
