I did check with that jack-ass Jasper though, and he was of the opinion that you would probably need more than a few beers to survive this show, and a few phone numbers would probably be more than you could rightfully hope to get out of it.

Whatever. I don’t see why just cos I use big words you can’t bite my ass.

Just to let you know, I am friends with a cast member in “Powerhouse” and I was actually at the 10:00pm show on July 17th. This is the same show that your reviewer was “at”. Check and you will see that I am correct. I am just here to clear a few things up. your reviewer came into the show, and I remember him because he introduced himself to the female cast members during the pre-show while they were handing out glow sticks and getting people to dance and told them that he and his friend were “having a contest to see who could get the most e-mail addresses and he was winning and wanted to keep it that way.” After they told them to keep dancing he asked for their phone numbers; he was obviously intoxicated.

I was astonished when I came across his review complaining about the interaction with the audience, was he just upset that the girls in the show wouldn’t give him their numbers? And coming to a show drunk, reeking of beer with a friend does not sound like a dedicated reviewer to me, what about to you? I sincerely hope this isn’t the policy that you give your reviewers, to come drunk to shows and hit on the actors.

Now, he said and you reported that he left after 40 minutes of a 1 hour and 10 minute show. This is laughable. The video played at the beginning of the show, of which he talked loudly through while making wisecracks at with his friend and proceeded to yell at the actors telling them to “turn up the music” even when the show started. I can speak for myself and the rest of the audience when I say we were more than glad when he and his friend left after 15 minutes of being there. Thats right, 15 minutes, not 40 minutes, 15 minutes. So yes, he was correct in saying there was no story, at least there was no story in the play that he saw, the 15 minute version.

I have no problem with a negative review, in fact, they help me to weed out the bad and good shows and which to attend, however this review made me never want to read the city paper again for theatre reviews. I wonder what is being done to clean up the mess this reviewer has created. I am assuming nothing considering that you praise him in your article citing that “he has traveled the world and works for a big honkin’ international-development organization” as reasons why his outrageously disrespectful behavior was somehow acceptable; at least to the standards of the City Paper.

That is all I have to say, and I am not expecting a response, because I know that for everything that I have said there aren’t any responses that can cover up your short comings City Paper.

Sincerely,
FringeLove

dont know anything about g&s, just a little s&m. but power to those mikado folks for doin their thang.

And thank you for bringing Gilbert and Sullivan to the Fringe. I loved your show. In a festival that brings us rants about the milf invasion of Vermont, choreographic representation of napalming in Vietnam, and on-stage hand-jobs by porn starlets, maybe the Mikado is the true counter-culture ?

You can bite my ass any time, Dr. D - or should I say, Pooh-Bah, first lord of the treasury, lord chief justice, commander-in chief, lord high admiral, master of the buckhounds, groom of the back stairs, archbishop of Titipu, and lord mayor ?

i give SN major props for pushing the envelope and breaking the monotony around here. he writes shit that people love, and instead of churning out the same thing over and over, he takes a risk and throws a curve. it’s called fringe festival, not wannabe-like-every-other-cookie-cutter-theatre-in-town festival. wish others would follow suit. you hipshotters and hipbloggers don’t have to like everything, and we respect that, but don’t try to pretend there are rules. and beware of taking snarky potshots at the artists because karma will bite you in the ass. trust me, i know. i just bit someone’s ass. and she loved it.

how many super ozone friendlyetc.etc. rave shows have you attended, anyway? don’t miss your chance, dudes, it may never happen again. especially with such constructive criticism going around.

by the way, i know one freak-ass rock show that sold out warehouse mainstage without any mention on F&P. guess yall don’t always have your fingers on the pulse, do ya?

keep rocking (and raving)