2013 MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL
COMEDY FESTIVAL
REVIEW: FIRST DOG ON THE MOON IN CARTOOBS AND OTHER TYPOS
VENUE AND DATES: VICTORIA HOTEL, 215 LITTLE COLLINS STREET, MELBOURNE, UNTIL APRIL 21
ASSESSMENT: Comedy and satire for the politically aware.
STAR RATING: ** AND A HALF.
Australians, terrible dangers face our democracy, which after all, is too boring and too complicated!
That is one of the views held by the First Dog on the Moon, alias for Andrew Marlton, renowned, Walkley Award-winning political cartoonist and satirist for independent media site, Crikey.com.
The title of this show is a conundrum. But, it boils down to Marlton delivering three Orations, delivered in a dry, scholarly manner, and illustrated with 300 images (one is shown every fifteen seconds) drawn by Marlton, and sometimes punctuated by those silly, cat antics YouTube videos.
In these Orations, Marlton expounds, with mixed success, his satirical theories on three weighty, Earth-shattering topics: Climate Change, Feminism, and Life.
Unlike most comedy shows where audiences park their brains in neutral, this show is idea, word and image-dense. So, to obtain maximum enjoyment, pay close attention to what Marlton says and shows.
During Oration 2, on Feminism, we take the new, suitably cynical and oh-so-pragmatic, 21st Century, Girl Guide pledge. Clever.
Oration 3, on Life, was also Marlton’s key-note address at the 2012 Melbourne Writer’s Festival. It ends with an embarrassing video from ABC Managing Director, Mark Scott, who drones on about a fictional interpretive dancing bandicoot, Bandy. Cue Marlton, complete with furry ears and tail, as he dances interpretively to a letter disputing a parking ticket. Silly.
This show will not split your sides with laughter. But, it offers a thought-provoking alternative to the Comedy Festival’s standard fare of gags and games.
BY: JOE CALLERI.
REVIEW: FIRST DOG ON THE MOON IN CARTOOBS AND OTHER TYPOS
VENUE AND DATES: VICTORIA HOTEL, 215 LITTLE COLLINS STREET, MELBOURNE, UNTIL APRIL 21
ASSESSMENT: Comedy and satire for the politically aware.
STAR RATING: ** AND A HALF.
Australians, terrible dangers face our democracy, which after all, is too boring and too complicated!
That is one of the views held by the First Dog on the Moon, alias for Andrew Marlton, renowned, Walkley Award-winning political cartoonist and satirist for independent media site, Crikey.com.
The title of this show is a conundrum. But, it boils down to Marlton delivering three Orations, delivered in a dry, scholarly manner, and illustrated with 300 images (one is shown every fifteen seconds) drawn by Marlton, and sometimes punctuated by those silly, cat antics YouTube videos.
In these Orations, Marlton expounds, with mixed success, his satirical theories on three weighty, Earth-shattering topics: Climate Change, Feminism, and Life.
Unlike most comedy shows where audiences park their brains in neutral, this show is idea, word and image-dense. So, to obtain maximum enjoyment, pay close attention to what Marlton says and shows.
During Oration 2, on Feminism, we take the new, suitably cynical and oh-so-pragmatic, 21st Century, Girl Guide pledge. Clever.
Oration 3, on Life, was also Marlton’s key-note address at the 2012 Melbourne Writer’s Festival. It ends with an embarrassing video from ABC Managing Director, Mark Scott, who drones on about a fictional interpretive dancing bandicoot, Bandy. Cue Marlton, complete with furry ears and tail, as he dances interpretively to a letter disputing a parking ticket. Silly.
This show will not split your sides with laughter. But, it offers a thought-provoking alternative to the Comedy Festival’s standard fare of gags and games.
BY: JOE CALLERI.
NB: REVIEW
ALSO PUBLISHED ON HERALD SUN ONLINE, SUNDAY 31 MARCH, 2013.
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