Mark Pleases You

mark vigeant · Ages 18+ · United States of America

one person show
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Review by ARIEL JIMENEZ

June 20, 2023 certified reviewer

What I liked

I really enjoyed how I wasn’t sure where the story was going to go. There was definitely a couple of story beats to this show that were integral to get across. But everything in-between was just wild. I couldn’t tell what was pre-meditated and what wasn’t. Everything just kept coming and never stopped. The 4th wall breaks were also so hilarious. I also enjoyed the axe body spray self awareness bit. In general this felt like I was watching the life of someone who slowly comes into themselves. Which is what I mainly enjoyed was that there was a cohesive story underneath all the wackiness. Using pictures of yourself in the background to signal going back in time is such a cool/unique way to show we’re going back in time. This was just a really fun show with just enough sincerity that made walk me away feeling like I learned something. Great Show, highly recommend.

What I didn't like

Honestly i can’t think of anything. I was happy to be along for the ride

My overall impression

This was like Jim Carrey’s “The Mask” but about going through puberty. You ever see that one episode of Community where Abed can’t decide if Nicolas Cage is a good actor or not and then he gets up on the table and pretends to be a cat? Yeah the whole show is pretty much that. This show was insane and unhinged. Mark is a phenomenal performer who pretty much has the audience on the edge of their seat the whole time. This show was just chaos (granted I went to the midnight showing where Mark was running on 3hrs of sleep) but still. Pure chaos. It was such a fun performance and I highly recommend everyone see it if they want to see some pure clowning.

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