CHRIS SEARLE recommends a work of love and deep admiration for a great musician
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A brilliant dismantling of the American Dream
SIMON PARSONS applauds the energy and humour of a riveting show
CHARISMATIC: Jonathan Slinger as Scott
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Sarah
The Coronet Theatre
ADAPTED from Scott McClanahan’s semi-autobiographical novel this amusingly dark dismantling of the American Dream is brilliantly performed by Jonathan Singer as Scott.
Addressing the audience directly, Scott opens his monologue by boasting that he is a skilled and experienced drunk driver. His description of a close call with a traffic cop veers from amusingly anarchical to childishly destructive, but the humour is undercut when he introduces the potential ramifications of his actions with his distressed children being his forgotten passengers.
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