Sketch comedy is hard, people. Filling your show with a
dozen or more joke-filled sketches seems like it might be easier than crafting
a fifty-minute stand-up routine. But it’s a tricky business.
David Massingham’s show is a mixed bag, utilising the full complement
of a sketch comedian’s tricks – bad puns, terrible accents and audience
participation. And that’s just in the first few minutes. But, as the saying
goes, it gets better.
There are some gems to be found in-between the messy bits,
though. Some fun satire with a small-town Mayor trying to play up the “Murder
Capital” moniker his town has been branded with. A clever commentary on cultural
criticism, centred around the “performance art” of a thief stealing oil
paintings – capturing a real tension between law and order. And a Last Will
& Testament video to a dying man’s three sons which is audacious in its
complexity.
Sketch Me Like One of Your French Girls could afford to lose
some of the groaners and try to find some more character-driven gems, which were
the highlights for me.
Comments