Hi, kids!

Our beloved Kurt is back at it. This time he uses his tweezers of accountability to pluck out all the stupid in the latest Rohan Preston article published by the Strib. Enjoy!

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No, really — it’s an article about comedy, not the Guthrie. It just happens to include only actors who happen to be in the Guthrie’s production of The Inspector General.

Who would have thought?

Clearly, after being raked over the coals for paying attention to other theaters in the Cities besides IKEA On The River, Rohan Preston gets out his chapstick and kisses some “All Star” ass at the Big Blue.

Let’s review the highlights:

1. An article called “Finding the Funny” that lacks any humor in it whatsoever. The opening line is this: “You saw my Bottom?” Stephen Pelinski asked a fellow actor. “Last time I played Oberon, and now I’ve descended to Bottom.” That’s the funniest line in the article. No, seriously.
2. Preston remarks twice on the awkward discomfort in the room between actor Stephen Pelinski and author Jeffrey Hatcher. Boy, nothing more hilarious than veiled contempt!
3. According to Rohan, if you want to make something funny, “it also helps to have a good singing voice”. WTF? Wow, if you use that kind of logic, a lot of Rohan’s past reviews start to make sense.
4. Apparently, there are no other funny people in this town. God forbid Shanan Wexler or Caleb and Katy McEwen or Dean Holt or Joe and Josh Scrimshaw or Lauren Anderson or Ari Hoptman or Kevin Kling or Jill Bernard or Mo Perry or Brian Sostek or Megan McClellan or Greta Grosch or Miss Richfield or Bill Arnold, Michael Pearce Donley, and Bob Stromberg, or Stevie Ray or Doug Ocar or Maren Ward or Grant Richey or Lee Adams or blah blah blah blah blah get asked about what makes something funny. Oh, wait. None of them are working for the Guthrie right now. My bad.

I’d comment more, but I’m assuming I need to save some energy for the big article next week about Hunter Foster coming to the Twin Cities, and then even more for the actual review.

God bless you, local theater press coverage!