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Review | 'Cull' looks into our obsessions with social media

Cull | Don Russell Performing Arts Cente & The Blue Room  | Until 3 Feb | ★ ★ ½ 

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In age where social media has taken over our lives and is pervasive in our decision making, thinking and behaviour, comedy duo The Very Good Looking Initiative chose a subject matter with huge comedy potential for their show.

Honor Wolff and Patrick Durnan Silva take to the stage at first delivering a synchronised spoken work presentation, before launching into a awkward dance number, from here they act out a series of skits about different interactions we have with people whether it be via Facebook or Instagram or Twitter.

The discuss friend requests, hashtags and the Mandela effect, but none of the jokes drew much of a response from the audience, and it soon became just a rambling presentation, that left me wondering at the end if they actually had anything to say about the social phenomenon which has changed the world in such a short period of time.

Admittedly, the small crowd at the Don Russell Performing Arts Centre in Thornlie on a Sunday afternoon might not be the show’s precise target market. Catching this show at his Blue Room, which is much more intimate, might be a different experience.

The duo have obviously put a lot of work into this show, and it’s previously been performed at other festivals around Australia, but with so much on offer at this year’s Fringe World – this one didn’t make the grade.

Graeme Watson, image: Kate Pardy 


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