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Sound & Fury's "Dirty Fairy Tales"

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Presented by: Sound & Fury

Venue 18: The Gas Station Theatre

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07/21/2012 6:31 PM | Comments: 0

The insanely popular sketch comedians are back this year with a hodgepodge of fairy tales, be-smutted by sex and pop-culture references.

The plot at Friday night’s sold-out show doesn’t much matter, since the guys will rotate through different fairy tales every night, porning them up like 13-year-old boys. As usual, the guys ping-pong between finely tuned bits of parody and audience interaction when lines and costumes get flubbed.

The Los Angeles-based trio is reliably funny, charming and energetic, so it seems uptight to criticize them for being exactly as billed — stupid, musical and dirty. But this show isn’t nearly as smart and subversive as last year’s take on Dr. Faustus. This year, it’s a lot of wiener jokes — funny wiener jokes, but wiener jokes nonetheless.

— Mary Agnes Welch

From the Fringe program:

S&F premiere a naughty parody of classic fairy tales, wrapped in a mystical conundrum of... oh, who we kidding: it's stupid, musical and dirty.

Three classic fairy tales -- plus a fully improvised one each night!

People's Choice Award - Adelaide Fringe '08,'09,'11

Best of Fest - Wpg Fringe '06,'07

5 STARS "60 minutes of jaw-aching hilarity!" - Winnipeg Free Press

5 STARS "Naturally and effortlessly hysterical!" - Edinburgh Evening News

http://www.soundandfury.org/

Recommended For: Mature Audience

Length: 60 min

Tickets: $10

Discount Tickets: $7 for Students

Under 13 not admitted.

Warnings: Subject Matter

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Updated on Saturday, July 21, 2012 at 6:31 PM CDT:
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