Talking Dirty in the DarkComedy
- Talking Dirty in the Dark
Anonymous; Melbourne Town Hall; Tue & Thu 10.45pm, $15 1/5
IN 2003, word spread like contagion about a "shocking" sexy book. The Bride Stripped Bare was attributed to Anonymous and so, it was supposed, made the Marquis de Sade seem like J. K. Rowling.
I was disappointed to find the undisclosed author disclose little more than tits in the back of a taxi. In this show, performers mask voice and identity. Described in promotional material as "three of the festival's best", they attempt to make Lenny Bruce seem like J. K. Rowling.
I was disappointed to find them disclose little more than disdain for Adam Hills. To a (presumably) absent Hills, currently starring in the improvisational Mess Around, they demanded, "Why didn't you write some jokes, you c---?" After surrendering 60 minutes to mild, artless offence, we might ask these comics the same question.
Save yourself $15 and undress in the back of a taxi instead. That'd be more scandalous.