"You Will Most Likely Die"Dynamite Kablammo
Zombie Joe's Underground
(4850 Lankershim Boulevard
North Hollywood 91601)
Date of performance: August 26, 2008
Cast
Dane Biren
Matt DeNoto
Dana DeRuyck
Greg Kaczynski
Meredith Rensa
First of all, I'm not reviewing this show. "But why, Melpomene?" you say, "Why bother adding this entry if you're not reviewing it?" Well, dear patrons, it goes something like this: I was planning on reviewing it - and so yesterday I put this lovely little frame of a blog entry together and hunted down a cast pic (btw, if anybody knows who gets the photo credit I'd love to make note of it). All that was left was for me to watch the show and jot down my thoughts here for you lot. Two (and possibly three) people were supposed to see this show with me, but for a variety of reasons I'm not going to go into, I ended up going alone. My group outing plans falling through was a mere foreshadowing to the rest of my evening. I spent over an hour sitting on Sepulveda Boulevard because of an accident on the 405. Then I missed a bus and had to walk a rreeallly long way to Zombie Joe's Underground. I got there late. I missed the introduction AND at least a couple of sketches. Plus I was hungry. Really hungry. Thinking only of the KFC across the street from Zombie Joe's Underground hungry. Plus I had to pee. The only bathroom at ZJU is on the other side of the stage from the audience, hence no one can use it after the show starts. So...needless to say I wasn't exactly concentrating on this show. That and the fact that I missed the first of it means that I can't possibly review it here. But I already went through the trouble of putting the frame together, so I leave it here for your viewing pleasure. See the nice picture of the cast? The new girl (Meredith Rensa) is funny.
"But Melpomene," you gasp, "how will we know whether or not we will like this show unless you tell us?!" Sigh, oh-kaay. I will only say this much: If you like cannibalistic humor, this could be the show for you. If you're alright with some disturbing scenes involving a baby doll, this could be the show for you. If you've always wondered whether Sirens are still attractive after menopause, this could be the show for you. I have seen several of the previous Dynamite Kablammo offerings [full disclosure: at least two members of the troupe are on my Christmas card list] and it is common for them to offer up original, well-written and sometimes visually uncomfortable sketch comedy in completely inspired, outside-the-box ways. I always look forward to the musical number and will be so sad the day I go their show and they don't have one (that day has not yet arrived).
Dynamite Kablammo has one more show left for this particular collection of sketches they like to call "You Will Most Likely Die." Your last chance to see it is one week from today, Tuesday, September 2nd at 8:30pm at Zombie Joe's Underground.
