A really fun and oddly cozy mashup of horror and stand-up comedy. Something about Jon Schnitzer's whole presentation here reminds me of Jonathan Frakes hosting "Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction," which I think Schnitzer would be perfect to host a revival of. And it PAINS me to say that, because that would also be my dream job. ...
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It's taken me a long time to write this review, but that's actually because I found the show deeply affecting to me. I was not expecting to. But I had just been to my own college reunion and there was something about the "Our Town" esque third act of looking back and realizing that you and everyone you know turned out to be kind of lame that deeply touched me. ...
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Like a mixture of "Late Night With the Devil" (without the bullshit AI), an episode of "Community" and the "Adult Swim Infomercials," "Save the Whales" is a chaotic delight to be cherished. ...
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I was really excited to see this from the beginning. I actually went out and watched the movie just so that I could be prepped for it. Some real love went into this and it absolutely showed. I had a great time. ...
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I'll be honest, I wasn't sure I was going to like this. I've read A LOT of Chekhov and seen depressingly little of it and this was never my favorite piece. Chekhov is (similar to Brecht, but in a different way) really hard for Americans. BUT... this delighted me. Very smart choice on Brian Byrne's part taking advantage of the play's public domain status and making it his own. It was just delightful. ...
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It was physically uncomfortable, socially grotesque and it looked like one of the central props had been stolen. Which all in all made for a pretty dynamite clown show. Had a real anti-comedy hostility mixed with wretched mania. (And I mean that as a sublime compliment.) ...
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Very funny and layered satire that made great use of a kind of odd space. This felt like the love child of the “Thanksgiving Play” by Larissa Fasthorse and the anti-comedy of Tim Heidecker. Often the funniest moments don’t elicit laughs. Just wide eyed shock. Also as with all meta theater, it was helped by external circumstances. Everyone reacted to jokes differently. I was sitting behind kids who did NOT understand the concept or recursive theater. It was awesome....
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Lovely and cosmic, human and oddly mellow look at love and grief. Oddly absurdist yet uplifting at the same time. I would love to see this adapted into a movie. ...
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