What I liked
You would have to really be trying to not fall in love with this cast, each committing fully to their archetypical, over-the-top characters. The “children” were wonderfully obnoxious, the male lead was delightfully grotesque, the professor super foreign and patriarchal, and the mother a perfect mix of coddling and slap-you-over the head. The female lead rode that fine line of being both a lense of modernity for the audience and a victim of 1950’s camp herself. The robot monster himself was a sad, beautiful, and relatable dork.
What I didn't like
The audience! Give them some love, people! The music tracks were a bit loud, too. It should just support the actor’s, who all sound great.
My overall impression
If you love camp, “bad” sci-fi, double entendre, and perfectly absurd music numbers, go see the marvelously self-aware “Robot Monster: The Musical”. The actors and creators had fun with the source material and managed to extract some deeper meanings along the way. My showing was a bit of a bumpy ride, but have you seen the movie? True to form.
