Show Review: Double Exposure

dbl%20exposure.jpg Dropped in to catch a quick show last Saturday at Hyde Park Theatre: Double Exposure. Two locals, Auschron Editor Wayne Alan Brenner and poet/actor/writer David Jewell are putting themselves up on stage with the intent to entertain. It works.

Jewell hits the stage first, and pretty much reads off of some pieces of paper for twenty minutes or so. Most of the time, it’s difficult to be sure what exactly he’s trying to express, as it is rather lofty, experimental, and at times a little spoken-wordish. That is to say, vague but very rhythmic in delivery. Some nice comic bits.

But the show stealer by far was Brenner’s set of skits, readings, and songs. Dude’s wonderfully manic across the board with dance, some monologue pieces from an older screenplay (which are brilliantly co-piloted by Mical Trejo and Elizabeth Mason), and a final reading of his ever-popular “Coming and Going” story from Austin Chronicle’s Sex issue from back in the day.

This show comes recommended. It plays tonight and tomorrow night, then it is over and done with.

By their own description:

DOUBLE EXPOSURE is a night of comedy like Lenny Bruce rewritten by Gene Roddenberry, like David Mamet scripting Bill Nye's coffeehouse debut.
David Jewell, perhaps best known as one of the "cloud guys" in *Waking Life,* teams up with the Austin Chronicle's Wayne Alan Brenner to unleash their greatest hits ~ sketch comedy, monologues, song and goddam dance ~ in five nights of live performance that'll tickle your cerebral cortex the way a wayward sex-toy might.

Well, if it ~ the putative appliance ~ were of the vibrating sort. And had especially powerful batteries. Which is also why this show is: For Adults Only.

Also featuring Mical Trejo and Elizabeth Mason, with a special appearance by Bearded Lamb and Brooke Axtell.

Wayne Alan Brenner and David Jewell present: Double Exposure
Fri.-Sat., Nov. 17th, 18th, 8pm.
Hyde Park Theatre [ map ] 511 W. 43rd
$7 at the door

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By truecraig in Arts & Entertainment, Other on November 17, 2006 4:59 PM 0 Comments

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truecraig

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned to the floor of a school bus. Or something like that.

Brenner

Merla baby ...

This is about that time on the bus, isn't it?

Look, I'm sorry: I probably shouldn't have pushed you into the aisle when you sat down next to me and then, for reasons I'll never fully understand, tried to kiss me. And I'm sorry, okay, because it was a knee-jerk reaction to shove you away like that. But I didn't really know you and maybe shouldn't have been concerned what my friends (who always said you were a total geek) might think. Hell, I was ~ and am ~ pretty much a geek, myself, you know?

But, for fuck's sake, seventh grade was SO long ago.

Forgive and forget, okay, Merla?

Forgive and forget.

truecraig

I am pretty sure Merla's kidding. Hoping, rather.

Off Duty

I'm not even going to bother to Grammar Police the above comment, but...needless to say, I'm pretty sure it doesn't have quite the bite you intended, Merla. If you're going to excoriate someone in print, your words might be a bit more effective if you make at least a half-hearted attempt at spelling, grammar, punctuation, the list goes on....

Merla Carusonne

Are you kidding me truecraig?, that show was the abbsolute worst thing I ever seen!Two retards on stage and they have to read there stuff because not smart enough to remember it.What a waste of money so fucking stupid, you should known better because you have alot of talent so next time talk about something else.Sincerely!