What About Dick?

Having read the previous reviews, I would say that 'What About Dick?' is like Marmite. You either like it or loathe it.

I must say that I stand on the side of like it, in fact, I love it. I've watched it 5 times now and every time I watch it, I see and hear something I missed before.

The cast are brilliant and the script is fantastic.

AWESOME. great cast. HA-larious script. very clever twisting of phrases and references to the actors' past roles. Tim Curry, Tracy Ulman, Russell Brand, Billy Connolly. Jane Leeves was the caretaker on Frasier. The whole shebang seems to be written and created by Eric Idle, so it has his zany sense of humor, all done in old time radio hour fashion. A couple of clever, naughty, filthy songs that are only dirty if you think about the words too long. One extra-interesting connection... according to Jim Piddick's webpage, his grandfather had done vaudeville with the Chaplin brothers waaaaay back when. The storyline is all quite silly, but it does get us from beginning to end. Ass reading. too funny. umbrella stealing. pianos. Really fun. Showing on netflix. not for the children... a fair amount of cussing and adult discussion.

If you are a fan of Eric Idle, British humor, fast paced dialogue , double entendre, brilliant casting, sheer nonsense and want to laugh into tears for 80 minutes, Do Not Miss this!

Worth watching if you are an admirer of any of the individual cast members, a fan of Python, an elderly Brit who used to listen to the Goon Show on the wireless, or a well-read, intelligent, open-minded person who isn't offended by a deliberate lack of political correctness.

It's fun - and gets more so as it progresses. It's NOT high art.

The comedy, as written, is infantile, crass and rather obvious. However, it is in the performance and delivery that it actually becomes funny. And here it is performed by a formidable group of extremely talented and versatile comedians, plus Russell Brand.

The musical numbers are average Eric Idle fare; nothing particularly remarkable, but they seem to hit the spot with the live audience in LA.

The real genius of the piece is the subtle, more cerebral humour that lurks just beneath the surface of Idle's script, with well-aimed socio-political barbs that hit their marks perfectly while masquerading as raspberry-blowing schoolboy humour. There's more to this than what's on the surface, so if at first it seems a little blah stick with it. I did, and it turned out I liked it after all.

And it's a rare treat to see several of the cast members sharing the same stage. Particular credit must go to the delectable Eddie Izzard, and the exquisitely uber-talented Tracey Ullman; two performers who I disliked in the early days of their careers, but have in recent years won me over big-time. Both give standout performances in this show, and it's probably worth watching just for them.

Eric Idle's staged musical comedy very broadly looking at the decline of the British Empire as told by a Piano (Idle).

If you like Python or silly, vulgar British comedy then this is for you. Absolute nonsense, but with this cast and some fun songs, it can't fail. From a better time.