TOMMY DASSALO
- DREAMBOAT
ACMI, FEDERATION SQUARE, UNTIL 20 APRIL 2014
Time-travelling down memory lane with talkative Tommy worth the
ticket.
Stars: 3
& 1/2.
By: Joe Calleri
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| TOMMY DASSALO - IMAGE SUPPLIED |
While Tommy Dassalo’s new show, Dreamboat, breaks no new comedic
ground, it contains one especially clever and memorable twist that proves once
and for all, that time travel is possible – with eye-popping and hilarious
results.
The amiable, well-known host of The Little Dum Dum Club Podcast mostly
succeeds with this rapid-fire delivery performance because of his absolute commitment
to material that, in the hands of less skilled comedians, could be pedestrian.
After the audience throws their brightly coloured undies at
Dassalo (folks, he supplied them), he settles into a generic, stand-up slice-of-life
routine.
There’s the growing up pains when your Mum bought your underwear,
the warm comfort of high school tuck-shop food, and the geeky friends with
strangely appropriate nicknames.
Dassalo throws in some uncomfortable but funny anecdotes about parents
and partners (the side-effects of eating bad seafood), and familiar tales of daily
life and interactions with them. It’s grist for the mill for most stand-ups,
but Tommy ably carries off this material with the audience’s appreciation.
He throws in one dark tale, which I can’t disclose here, regarding
the cringingly sinister derivation of the show’s cute title.
And, did you know how many Australians are injured each year by
slipping on stray grapes? No?
If you want to know, mosey down to ACMI, and spend an hour with Dreamboat
Dassalo. Just don’t
call him Carl Pilkington, OK?
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