Scott Capurro was good.
He was playing at the Soho theatre which I don't think is the greatest venue in the world.
Located on Dean street and seats about 200 people.
It's small, there is no reserve seating so you kinda shuffle along a bench until there are fourteen on each.
It's reminiscent of a lecture theatre.
After a brief introduction in the form of a rapid slideshow of images of naked guys, Heather Mills, George Bush, Obama,Hilary Clinton,Madeline Mccan.
And it set the tone for the evening.
The jokes were aplenty , not just about all of the above but directed at members of the audience as well - most notable a quartet of queen's who had firmly encamped themselves in the front row, not even when other patrons tried to seat also on the front row, so it was good to see a pack of bitches get it from a smarter, quicker bitch than themselves.
And this guy, Scott Capurro is a clever guy.
When he makes sexist and racist jokes, when he unleashes a tirade about how 'white' Obama is, about how inept Bush is, about Heather Mills not being able to run after Mccartney.....what he is really doing is holding up a mirror to the audience and asking them to confront their rascist tendencies, their own homophobia and their own fears about a world that is intent on bombing Iraq so Iraqi guys will be free to be who they want to be.
If I had one criticism, the dialogue didn't quite gel, it was quite tangential, but it was still the funniest 90 minutes...like, ever.
On the way out I noticed a poster advertising a gig for Janey Godley - who blogs on here.
Put the doughnut down and go check out her blog.
http://www.janeygodley.co.uk
31/03/08 @ 22:20