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ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND
ALL IN THE TIMING
ANOTHER FEMME FATALE FREAK SHOW
BEAVERZILLA
BILL'S FAMILY FUNTIME
BIRD CLUB: LETTER TO SANDRA BERNHARD
BRACE YOURSELF
BY A THREAD
CHARLIE'S ANGEL
CONDOM, THE CUCUMBER AND THE GIRL FROM IPANEMA
DAY TRIPPERS IV: PLAY- IN-A- DAY MARATHON
DIAMONDS
DUET
FAMILY TREE
FANTASTIC PRODUCT
FAREWELL TO FLESH
FINAL EXAM
FRANKENSTEIN: THE MODERN PROMETHEUS
GILD THE LILY
GOD COMPLEX
HEART OF DARKNESS
HOW TO BE A SECRET AGENT GIRL…
HUNTING OF THE SNARK
INGRATITUDE
INTERSTATE ZERO: A MONO/TRAVELOG
KITTY ULTRASOUND HITS THE ROAD
KRESKINNED
LAST SMOKER IN BERKELEY
LISTEN, I'M ONLY ONE WOMAN…
LITTLE BIT PREGNANT
LOOSE WOMAN
LUCID
MACY'S ACCOUNT
MEET JOHN W.T.O.
MIDAIR: ODES TO EASYCOMEASYGO
MOCK NAVAL BATTLES!!!
MOTHER'S MILK
ONE OR TWO THINGS
PILGRIM PROJECT
QUEENS RAIN
QUEENS!
SEARCHING FOR THE 60'S
SHANDYLAND MCVII: SHANDY IN THE FLESH…
SHARED SKITLESS
SISTERS OF SATURN
STORE ONE BLOCK EAST OF JEROME
STRANGER AND STRANGER
TOASTED
UNDERHOPE
WARZONE
WHAT BIG TEETH YOU HAVE
YOGA OF MOBY DICK
ZOO STORY
 

Play: The People Who Do That's Fantastic Product™
Reviewer: Ray Greene
Reviewer Email: raygreene@earthlink.net
Rating: 5 Stars
Thank heaven or less reputable parts for The People Who Do That! I caught their show in its warm-up run at a theatre in North Hollywood and it was HILARIOUS. Edgy, funny, heavily satirical, attacking racism, genetic food alterations, yuppie preoccupations like Feng Shui, the laser-like marketing of consumerism to children, the fallacy of such a body as a House "Ethics" committee, etc., etc. in a really funny and sophisticated way. They'll bring down any house smart enough to book them, no question about it, and their sensibility is just what we need more of in these humorless times.

The show runs about an hour and it is as tight as a drum. Cleverly written,
verbally sharp, physically affecting and energetically performed, with none of the mugging and pointless calisthenics that afflict so much live comedy. Go see them if you're lucky enough to get the chance, there isn't a single bad apple in the bunch. Lorne Michaels, are you listening?

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