Waiting for [Gal] Gadot by Jake Thomas

What I liked

The show has a point, many points, and it addresses them head on without beating you over the head or being pedantic or cliche. The jokes were coming so fast the audience could barely keep up. The real moments – were literally just real.

A genuine love-letter and battlecry and plea and convincing case for human told stories.

What I didn't like

Perhaps set design utilizing lighting? But honestly… I’m just reaching. The show was lean, clean, and nutrient dense.

My overall impression

Topical yet timeless. A hysterical, heart-tugging, groin-kicking, mirror not only to Hollywood but this incoming dystopian era of AI. Shifting between surreal and way-too-real, back and forth: The subject and the show itself is literally a standoff between man-made storytelling and the algorithmic promises of ticket sales and profit margins.

A black box gem, perfect for off-Broad, the show is clean and dense, moves a mile a minute, and has more twists and turns than an AI could be prompted to generate… writer/actor Jake Thomas has thrown down a gauntlet on the developing battlefield of ideas, and it’s covered in every secretion a trio of magical dwarves could expel.