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Underbelly Diaries

by Aaron Berg
SF Bay Guardian March 24, 2004 (Lara Shalson)

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Anabolic steroids may produce bodies of Greek god-like dimensions, but in the process, they reduce certain of the body's attributes to childlike proportions. This is one lesson to be gleaned from Aaron Berg's solo comedy about his experiences working as a body builder, prostitute, and stripper. Considering that he's speaking from personal experience, this may be too much information. But it's the perfect metaphor for Berg's tell-all, confessional, self-deprecating mode of autobiographical performance. It captures the irony at the heart of Berg's tales about being a privileged Jewish boy from the suburbs who thought street life would be glamorous, who thought turning tricks would impress the girls by making him rich but found instead that he wound up paying for sex as often as he got paid for it. Berg is a dynamic performer and a great storyteller who is often quite hilarious. However, he overestimates the provocative power of politically incorrect humor, and his stories are frequently less shocking or unconventional than they strive to be.

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