Do Not See This Show (a negative review)

[nyandra]

Do not see this show

I'm a big fan of comedy duo Lano and Woodley.
Having said that, I thought Frank Woodley would still be quite good on his own now that the duo has split up.

How wrong I was.

I went to the opening night of his new show Possessed last Friday - and I walked out.

I've never walked out of a show before - hell, I've never even walked out of the cinema and I've seen some pretty average movies there.

But this was unbearable.
The introduction was him dressed in an old sailor's outfit speaking with a raspy voice and a thick Italian accent - and it went for about ten minutes too long.

The opening scene was a wake-up scene - he woke up on the couch, stumbled up the stairs, fell back down again, stumbled halfway up, fell back down again, repeat ad nauseum.

It was mainly slapstick - but not good slapstick - and the storyline wasn't even very interesting. In fact you probably alread guessed it - he was possessed by a ghost.

We walked out before intermission - the two of us just could not bear it anymore.
Then we went back to Bertie's, played drinking games till late in the night and got ridiculously drunk in a bid to erase the bad memories.

It didn't work.


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[liz]

Yeah i read that. Pity he didnt like it but oh well.

[miniwoodley]

Makes me angry...
he should've had at least one positive thing to say!

[the doctor.]

I guess he's entitles to his own opinion, but that said, he try doing that stuff!

Gosh.

I must admit I thought the Sailor monologue went on for quite some time, but it wasn't excruciatingly long.

[nyandra]

I also thought it got a lot better after the first 15 minutes or so.

[the doctor.]

Yeah.


Hmm.. shame he didn't enjoy it.
I sure did haha

[shadowpuppet]

I have a review of it on my blog. Not a very detailed review, but an idea.

I liked it. Second half was better than the first half I think. He wasn't as good as both of them together, but then again... I try not to compare the solo to the duo.

He was also the more physical of the duo, and I think that's why there was a lot more... falling down, getting hit on the head etc etc.

=) Please read review and comment. Would love to hear others opinions.

www.shadowpuppetsrevenge.blogspot.com

[nyandra]

^ you can feel free to make that a new thread.