Amanda

Tue, 23 Nov 2004 14:37:09 -0500

Amy Amy Amy. It's funny that you loved Cantone so much in the "Violet Hours", especially since that was close, but not really the name of one of the worst plays I've ever seen on Broadway, "The Violet Hour" (second only to the get-me-outta-here-yesterday performance by Jason Patric in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" last year). He shames gay humor because he shticks and shticks and never innovates. Sad. I know so many gay men who are funny without affected voices and exaggerated facial expressions. Anyway, I can only imagine how creative his "new" performance piece is.

Don

Tue, 23 Nov 2004 12:15:02 -0500

I saw Laugh Whore on Saturday and beg to differ somewhat. Cantone is a very funny guy, but he spends WAY too much time impersonating Liza Minnelli and Judy Garland. It's typical gay shtick that you can see done better all over town any night of the week at a lower price. I also noticed that he repeats most of the 10-minute act that he did for a benefit that was broadcast on Comedy Central five or six years ago. Do we really need to hear more about Michael Jackson's nose? I know it's hard for comics to come up with two hours of winning material, but I think he should have tried harder. Seems to me he has a wild and interesting family, and a better approach would have been to dig deep into that for both humor and a little pathos. This is something John Leguizamo does to spectacular effect.

Gothamist: Theater Review: Laugh Whore Well Worth A Tumble

Amanda

Don