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Fringe Audience Reviews
reviews of shows in the 2012 San Francisco Fringe Festival
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“VGL 5’4″ Top” is incredibly witty and thought-provoking. It’s an important look on the current world of gay-male relationships and the dangers we are doing to each other–especially in a time when we need to be united–all through the eyes of one charming young man and his personal experiences.
This show talks about many issues in the gay community we all struggle with. In Lucas’ case it is his height, in others it could be weight, body hair, race etc.. I support this show because it calls out the gay community for its superficial behavior, while illustrating that there are many of us who want to change this.
What I appreciated was the bravery of the show. It called out a lot of issues in the gay community than you first think it will, and ends up being an awesome rallying cry for unity. Funny, witty, thought provoking, a really fun show that had me thinking about what it was talking about even after I left the theater.
Funny, Touching, & Inspiring
Loved it!! Absolutely hilarious!!
It was very much amusing to me to see the issues and situations that frustrate many of us in our private lives (anything from having to deal with the linguistic limits of our would-be romantic encounters to genuine feelings of inadequacy after such an encounter) portrayed so openly and truthfully onstage… with everyone laughing along. For those of us in the room without an outlet to talk to about these kinds of mishaps in our lives, being in a room full of people who understand is, well, very therapeutic.
Despite how funny it was, the performance was also surprisingly empowering. I was expecting merely to laugh. Maybe a lot. But left the theater also feeling a bit more confident in myself. My self-image. My choices. My community.
And lastly… I mean, c’mon; Having a charming, witty, VGL guy talk to you (not at you or for you) for nearly an hour clad in nothing but his underwear… how can that be a bad thing?
And he just blatantly lies, sniayg that Obama is more competent than Bush during a disaster. Bush’ eventually got a very forceful response to Katrina, even if slow. Obama has yet to do anything meaningful other than worry about whether people are worried whether he is worried or not.
Hi All: I think that the show might be able to survive. Fringe seems to have a prttey decent core of followers who I think will make the transition to Friday. It might even pick up a few new and casual viewers that they did not have from the Thursday night airing. I guess we will see.