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One-man show is one continuous laugh
(by Herb Hammer - November 12, 2008)
One-man show is one continuous laugh
Robert Dubac asks the old question that comes up from time to time. He asks, "What do women want?" And then he tells you. When you walk into the 14th Street Theatre to catch Robert Dubac's "Male Intellect: The Second Coming," don't expect to see a play. What we do see is author, writer, comic Robert Dubac, who just might be the funniest man alive.
Mr. Dubac's honest intelligence plays out as a one-man stand-up comedian, but it's much more. His show is a well-rehearsed look into society's incoherent look at life. And it's constantly funny.
In machine-gun fashion and using a very interesting blackboard, Mr. Dubac has all of the right-brain, left-brain stuff figured out. He discusses male thinking and female thinking as he tries to tell you what women and men want.
This comic is not mean. He doesn't get laughs by humiliating people. He's just a funny guy who can act, write and deliver. He's got one-liners by the bushel. They come at you rapid fire. You just can't explain what's going on.
He likes to talk about how women love to use the word "amazing." Everything is amazing to them. What is truly amazing is two women in conversation never using the word amazing.
Mr. Dubac uses his blackboard and chalk to bring on more laughs. His tricky blackboard only allows him to erase parts of words that carry into more comic mania.
Two problems are blemishes on his finely tuned original work. Mr. Dubac's rapid delivery is occasionally hard to follow. And in the show I attended, he had microphone problems. He quietly asks someone in the dark to turn the microphone down. Twice he asks, but no one listens. His second act is blaring, but Mr. Dubac moves on and gets just as many laughs.
He turns the blackboard on its side, creating a swinging door. He calls this "the door of truth." Now, the monologue speeds up, and you do start missing some of the lines. If I could have recorded this show, I might have been able to pass on some of the one-liners.
In this must-see show, you might miss a little here and there. His door of truth allows him to shift from self to society and to scrutinize religion, politics and the media.
Robert Dubac wrote, directed and stars in this show. He travels the country, making people laugh, mostly at themselves. The 14th Street Theatre is just a few steps up from Euclid Avenue. See this, and you'll laugh through the entire show.
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