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Tim Minchin
Tim Hunter, Reviewer
April 24, 2007
Yes, this is clever comedy, but at times it's too clever.
Minchin is a thinking person's comedian.
Photo: Simon Schluter GenreCabaret, Musical, Comedy
LocationRMIT Capitol Theatre
Address113 Swanston St, Melbourne
Date17 April 2007 to 29 April 2007
Tickets$24/$22
Phone Bookings1300 660 013
Online Bookingswww.comedyfestival.com.auDetailsTue - Sat 7pm, Sun 6pm
COMEDY FESTIVAL REVIEW
***½
Tim Minchin is a thinking person's comedian. He's intelligent, self-aware and ironic, and uses big words. He may be post-modern, but even that concept seems outdated for such a "now" performer. Part Goth, part New Age guy, and part satirist, he's also more than a little self-absorbed. Yes, this is clever comedy, but at times it's too clever.
Whatever else he is, Minchin is an accomplished musician and songwriter, and sings songs about being a middle-class rock nerd, his dark side, and conservation, all with his tongue firmly in his cheek. His attempts at "political content", including a peace anthem for the Middle East, happily and deliberately display his lack of awareness of anything outside his immediate circle of reference.
The thing is, that's his act. Whether it's the real Tim Minchin or his stage persona doesn't really matter. There's enough charm on show for him to get away with it.