Kurt is back with a brand-spankin’ new Review That Review! This time, he takes on this Strib review from Rohan Preston, and continues to pick on good ol’ Dominic Papatola by slamming this review.

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Deep Thoughts on Spamalot

Both papers weighed in this week on the touring production of Spamalot, which has already traveled through town once before, and hit Broadway over three years ago. Ooh, exciting.

Mr. Papatola, ever wise in his knowledge of pop culture, questions the longevity of such an irreverent show:

“I’m not sure Spamalot will stand the test of time, joining the lexicon of great old musicals of the past that have entered the canon and live on in high school, community and college productions.””

Yes Dominic, I’’m sure it will fade away into obscurity, just like the original source. I’’d write more, but tonight is the weekly meeting of the ““Knights who Impersonate the Knights Who Say Ni.”” I’’m sure most of you don’’t know what I’’m referencing, but that’’s okay - the movie never really stood the test of time, much I’’m sure, like the musical won’t either.

On the dumber side of the river, Rohan Preston, who is to critical theater reviewing what Brett Favre is to critical theater reviewing, had this to say:

“Much of the fun in Spamalot comes from its chutzpah as the show expertly sends up theatrical and pop-culture chestnuts. It alludes to Fiddler on the Roof, Singin’ in the Rain, and any number of musicals. It makes fun of the big-voiced pop diva, here written out of the story and relegated to pouting.

As the performers ham a lot in Spamalot, the parodies of cultural cliches underscore the notion that so much of what we see fits certain formulae and types. So, it’s nice to have things upended, like the fairy tale of the princess in need of a rescue.”

Dude, seriously? Shut up. You just made Monty Python sound boring. You should get kicked in the nuts repeatedly just for that. And, thank you for using “chutzpah”” AND “”formulae”” in the same paragraph. While that’’s the most intelligent a Strib review has ever sounded, unfortunately, no one gives a flying fuck. (“”Fuck”” being a very intelligent word, by the way. While it fits certain formulae, it shows chutzpah.)

I have to give Rohan some props though - at least he didn’’t write some tripe about how the actors were using facial expressions and gestures to show their emotions…you know - acting? That would be the true sign of…

(Oh. Damn. I just read almost every review Rohan ever wrote. Never mind.)