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Of mice and beards
Jan. 5th, 2006 09:34 amI find it interesting when I notice a change in something or someone.
The best example of this I've seen lately is Bill Bailey; I'd seen his two later shows (Bewilderness and Part Troll) which are both very clever and entertaining pieces of comedy, if a little politically pokey in places.
Over Christmas I saw his first ever show, Cosmic Jam. And you can see the change almost as clearly as if he had shaved off his beard and painted himself purple.
In Cosmic Jam he is a man at his peak, definately and his style is almost radically different; he is so much more expressive and alive and you feel that what he is doing is actually off the cuff rather than a one by one show around the country.
It's hard to explain exactly but what he does is play off stereotypes and emotional states against each other and places them in situations where you find yourself looking at two or more of them at the same time and, my brain at least, had a little side hurdle over a garden gate into a field of showmanship I'd never seen before.
He definately is a very talented and clever man, but he's changed from when he started; he's become more polished and perhaps a little more cynical about the whole affair. In Cosmic Jam I think you can see him where he started, before reality smacked him around the face too much.
Definately worth seeing.
The best example of this I've seen lately is Bill Bailey; I'd seen his two later shows (Bewilderness and Part Troll) which are both very clever and entertaining pieces of comedy, if a little politically pokey in places.
Over Christmas I saw his first ever show, Cosmic Jam. And you can see the change almost as clearly as if he had shaved off his beard and painted himself purple.
In Cosmic Jam he is a man at his peak, definately and his style is almost radically different; he is so much more expressive and alive and you feel that what he is doing is actually off the cuff rather than a one by one show around the country.
It's hard to explain exactly but what he does is play off stereotypes and emotional states against each other and places them in situations where you find yourself looking at two or more of them at the same time and, my brain at least, had a little side hurdle over a garden gate into a field of showmanship I'd never seen before.
He definately is a very talented and clever man, but he's changed from when he started; he's become more polished and perhaps a little more cynical about the whole affair. In Cosmic Jam I think you can see him where he started, before reality smacked him around the face too much.
Definately worth seeing.
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