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From: Mark Longmuir <longmuir@labyrinth.net.au>
To: Mark Longmuir <longmuir@labyrinth.net.au>

TPPP: Greg Proops - Review from 'The Scotsman' (09-Aug-1999 23:36:13)

      dana: ok... not bad.... "a quality hour of potent verbiage" is
acceptable! (n/t) (10-Aug-1999 09:13:36)
           Nessa (UK): Wait until after the weekend for a better review
(OK so I'm biased!) (n/t) (10-Aug-1999 13:11:19)
                Jessie: I want a personal review ;) (n/t) (11-Aug-1999
11:34:07)
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 Greg Proops - Review from 'The Scotsman'
 Monday, 09-Aug-1999 23:36:13

      203.56.72.79 writes:

      Assembly Rooms, until 19 August
      Tuesday, August 10 1999
      Dan Rider
      Greg Proops * * *

      The bespectacled American dude famed for his appearances on the
      heavily-edited and sanitised television improv show Whose Line is
      it Anyway, returns to the Fringe after a year’s break.

      And it is a mixture of old and new gags (rants) from Proops. "Old"
      because savage US comedians Denis Leary, Bill Hicks et al were
      firing off much of this polemical, full-on diatribe stuff years ago
      and with infinite superiority.

      Still, in with the new. Proops duly dishes up a relentless volley of
      expletive-laden, global culture-bashing amid the staple fare of
      "Yank in Scottishland" observation. There’s the odd hint of
      surrealism, some political machinations, Jesus and Satan get a
      classy once-over, some religious/paganistic probings, some
      pro-drug musings and a cliché-laden workout for his home,
      California ("it’s so shallow").

      All right, it was his first show and some of the material proved
      rather hit or miss, and – depending on sensibilities – possibly
      borderline offensive, but amid the duds, Proops scoops in some
      inspired gems along the way. Easy listening it ain’t, but this is
      still
      a quality hour of potent verbiage.

      TPPP

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 TPPP: Greg Proops - Review from 'The Scotsman' (09-Aug-1999 23:36:13)

     dana: ok... not bad.... "a quality hour of potent verbiage" is
     acceptable! (n/t) (10-Aug-1999 09:13:36)
          Nessa (UK): Wait until after the weekend for a better review (OK
          so I'm biased!) (n/t) (10-Aug-1999 13:11:19)
               Jessie: I want a personal review ;) (n/t) (11-Aug-1999
               11:34:07)

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