My overall impression
The show was far more cerebral comedy than I expected…and
It was funny—very fast paced with marvelous use of the electrified helmets and a well balanced dialogue between the two comedians who switched roles with lightning speed. Their verbal sound effects also contributed to the changes in a minimal set and often were part of the humor.
So where does this take us? Some of the sci-fi references are overt and over the top, such as the players ability to tele-transport with multi color effect of the helmets…and some of the parody is not cerebral but falls into the campy or goofy range…but draws laughs nevertheless…an example is the distress call by another ship where the only survivor has been attacked by space aliens and has a (shudder)but I won’t spoil this one…
There are also examples of dark humor, such as Captain Ahab’s propensity to order ‘pulverize it’ with two different space ships in distress…
The ending is rather bitter sweet and a twist in a positive direction…whereas Ishmael is the only survivor to tell the tale of the book, he survives this parody and saves Queequeeq too. A strange touch. But I liked it…
I do apologize to the man who sat next to me and yelled about my turning off my cell phone at the start(and if I had walked outside to take an emergency call and back in I am certain he would have been more traumatized.)
Since he also blithely told me to cut my toenails in his review, I will have to introduce him to my daughter who grows hers long enough to click on the floor (her nick name is kitty kat). LIVE LONG AND PROSPER!
