The Stand 2
*****
If you haven’t seen this show yet, go now before he books out! Capurro is highly offensive in the extreme, and offers no apologies as he jokes about AIDS, cancer, the Holocaust and battered women. He claims to not read the newspapers because they’re not about him, but his political satire is so up to date that it’s clear this man does his research. Capurro cuts not just close to the bone but right through it with comments like ‘Jesus clearly had no safe word – either that or he was loving it too much on that cross’ and ‘AIDS was the best thing to happen to gays. You fuck till you die – and who wants to be 50 and gay??’ His audience interaction was hilarious – I’m just glad I was hiding behind a rather large man who invoked the wrath of Capurro!
Jodi Fleming