Another night out during the FRINGE took me to see Adam Growe's The Mom and Pop Shop.
This one-man comedy show takes place assuming that the members of the audience are attending their first pre-natal class. A frazzled Adam enters the room, letting us know that his wife (the real teacher) is running late. A father of three, he tries to stall...
It was exactly what I imagined it to be, nothing more, nothing less.
I didn't laugh out loud, but there were a lot of people around me who did, so I'm sure it was legitimately funny. I got the humour, it just wasn't funny enough to get me to, well, laugh out loud.
There was one joke that I found mildly entertaining but no one else seemed to get it (I assume, because no one laughed out loud). Adam was discussing that our parent generation (and prior, I suppose) had pregnant mothers not being too concerned about smoking and drinking (insert laughter here). He proceeds to warn us not to give our babies drugs (ha ha ha) and cough syrup (silence). I told someone I work with about this moment and as I was trying to explain to him why I thought this was supposed to be funny, he kept interrupting me and saying something about cough syrup having alcohol in it or something. I, personally, think it has something to do with the recent health report.
The show did have a nice arc to it. The ending was such that I didn't feel like I was just at a stand-up comedy act.
Would I recommend? Yikes, hard to say. I'm happy I went, but I'm wondering if there are better shows out there. I guess I enjoyed it though, so in that sense, I'd recommend it. I wasn't bored and that's a pretty big deal coming from me.
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