Our first night was packed and we're already generating some interesting reactions!
S. Bear Bergman, a well-known queer theorist, describes the show as following "the formula of the Saturday Night Live sketch" (those hourlong one-man SNL sketches they do all the time) and was disappointed that the show wasn't more "salacious":
"You know, the kind in which the performer would bite his lip like a bad boy and say something along the lines of “…which turned out to be more fun than I was expecting, even if I did eventually have to throw out all the bedsheets and wash my cat in dish soap.”
Not to worry, we're currently working hard to amp up Dave's lip-biting "bad boy" factor and are writing Bergman's hilarious dialogue fragment into the show immediately!
S. Bear Bergman, a well-known queer theorist, describes the show as following "the formula of the Saturday Night Live sketch" (those hourlong one-man SNL sketches they do all the time) and was disappointed that the show wasn't more "salacious":
"You know, the kind in which the performer would bite his lip like a bad boy and say something along the lines of “…which turned out to be more fun than I was expecting, even if I did eventually have to throw out all the bedsheets and wash my cat in dish soap.”
Not to worry, we're currently working hard to amp up Dave's lip-biting "bad boy" factor and are writing Bergman's hilarious dialogue fragment into the show immediately!
The review goes on to point out the dubious nature of Dave's past behaviour and attitudes, as if it wasn't already an intentional aspect of the show. Bergman would apparently prefer we alter history and present a more sanitized, politically correct portrait of burgeoning male sexuality, one filled with snips and snails, and 'salacious bad boy cat sex', but no hints of the simmering chauvinism, repressed aggression or naive conflation of love and lust potentially lurking underneath. I think Bergman confuses appreciating a show with "liking" the main character (there's a reason we described it as "brutally honest" and not "charming"). I can only imagine Bergman's review of Dracula, "It was alright until he started drinking everyone's blood..."
To be fair, I think Bergman's retitling of the show is funny and completely accurate, "Every Relationship Mistake I Made Before I Met You, Only Some Of Which I Seem To Have Learned From."
But it wasn't all bad, Bergman conceded this point at the end of the review: "On the other hand, the audience applauded wildly when the show was over, so certainly the show appealed to some people."
Come see the show this weekend and judge for yourself!
To be fair, I think Bergman's retitling of the show is funny and completely accurate, "Every Relationship Mistake I Made Before I Met You, Only Some Of Which I Seem To Have Learned From."
But it wasn't all bad, Bergman conceded this point at the end of the review: "On the other hand, the audience applauded wildly when the show was over, so certainly the show appealed to some people."
Come see the show this weekend and judge for yourself!
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