Too Many Hitlers or: The Decoy Decameron

ape x · Ages 12+ · United States of America

world premiere
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Review by RUSSELL EATON

June 20, 2017 http://www.myhauntlife.com original article
tagged as: funny · silly · farce

What I liked

There is funny stuff here, for sure. A wacky premise leads to a brisk hour is filled with antics, people taking themselves too seriously, pomposity which keeps getting punctured by those in the room who know how silly this entire premise is, and the cast pulls it off nicely. The silliness provides some huge laughs.

What I didn't like

For me, Too Many Hitler’s contains a little too much winking at the audience and too much wink-wink, nudge-nudge attitude. If they had played it straight, I believe the piece would have been even funnier. This show does not escalate, it just keeps going is the characters realize that everything is about to come tumbling down and their jobs are literally not going to exist soon. I think the final moments of the show would have had more impact if everything had been played more honestly leading up to that. That being said, there is some really funny stuff here along the way!

My overall impression

A hysterical premise gets more and more absurd as the play moves along.

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