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Hip Shot: “Please Listen: A Musical Chaos”
Please Listen: A Musical Chaos
Baldacchino Gypsy Tent at Fort Fringe
Remaining Performances:
July 24th 10pm
July 26th 3:15pm
What they say: Arlo and Donovan kidnap a big record executive to force him to produce their band’s new concept album ‘Overwhelming Stimulus.’ Watch the album unfold on stage and experience your first robot ball and more musical chaos.
Matt’s take: Back in 1987, director Elaine May set out to chronicle the hapless adventures of two songwriting man-children who, unbeknownst to themselves, write laughably lousy jingles. The absurdity of their songs was a high point in what has since been denounced as one of the biggest cinematic disasters in history. The overgrown adolescents in question were played by Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman. The film was Ishtar and, for the record, the first 30 minutes are kind of funny.
Since then, the oblivious songwriting duo has taken many forms but it’s always the same story. Two hopelessly delusional but tenacious dreamers fight for the fame and glory they believe is rightfully theirs. The audience knows better. It’s funny until it’s not.
