What I liked
Everything! Really, I don’t actually like horror as a film genre, but this was easily one of my favorite Fringe shows this year. It had everything – a stellar cast, a zippy, clever script, twists and turns, distinct characterization, snappy dialogue, and a brilliant set that somehow made CHASE scenes possible on a stage!! There was also a tender aspect of this show that could be easy to miss among the camp, the characters, and the hilarity. It is a love-hate letter to service work: how soul-draining and exhausting the work can be; how grating the personalities can be; how demoralizing it can be to feel financially reliant on such a job. And, it is also an homage to service workers – how creative, hilarious, loyal, hardworking, and resilient they are. The play is built on a trope – to customers, servers can feel interchangeable, so much so that when one is missing (murdered in the kitchen), they don’t notice. How unexpected, then, that this play manages to convey specific, sympathetic, and memorable characters, even as it picks them off one by one. HIGHLY recommend!!! (Also – the capes!!)
What I didn't like
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My overall impression
There is so much to love in this campy, hilarious, fast-paced horror story that vibrantly captures the cutthroat environment of behind-the-scenes restaurant work.
