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Theme #23 Comedy - "The Crowd Is Aghast As Alien Attacks!"
Photo by Sharleen Benoit
...attacks the unsuspecting rubber chicken. And, as if the chicken wasn't already limp enough, the plump purple clad, bug-eyed alien savagely twisted and wrung its neck while grunting, moaning and seemingly enjoyed the process of destroying the fabricated fowl.
This band of musical terrestrials was entertaining but when the lead singer pulled out the chicken and his bizarre antics with that began, well, the show turned comical and then hilarious. Perhaps it was the unexpectedness of the action - up until that, they were just a colourful musical/comedy act, simply clownish.
Maybe that's what makes comedy side-splitting, when it's unexpected. The element of surprise or shock, like the pie-in-your-face or the guy who slips on the banana peel or the comic who, relating the story, has a great and surprising last line.
The Just for Laughs Festival is one of my favourite festivals and already, I've been twice, just to walk around the site and spend day and evening, taking in the colours, comedy and joie de vivre. Montrealers love their city, are endlessly grateful for summer and really put on a great show; the Just for Laughs festival is one of those, one of several dozen that runs on the sizzling days and sultry nights of our glorious summer.
"The largest comedy festival in the world invites you to Montréal. Every summer, the festival tickles the city into a laughing frenzy with galas, street art, theatre productions, and stand-up performances. Hosting some 1,700 artists from 19 countries as well as over 2 million festival-goers, Just For Laughs offers 1,600 performances, including 1,200 free outdoor shows."
www.tourisme-montreal.org/What-To-Do/Events/just-for-laug...
Photo by Sharleen, theme by Sharleen
Theme #23 Comedy - "The Crowd Is Aghast As Alien Attacks!"
Photo by Sharleen Benoit
...attacks the unsuspecting rubber chicken. And, as if the chicken wasn't already limp enough, the plump purple clad, bug-eyed alien savagely twisted and wrung its neck while grunting, moaning and seemingly enjoyed the process of destroying the fabricated fowl.
This band of musical terrestrials was entertaining but when the lead singer pulled out the chicken and his bizarre antics with that began, well, the show turned comical and then hilarious. Perhaps it was the unexpectedness of the action - up until that, they were just a colourful musical/comedy act, simply clownish.
Maybe that's what makes comedy side-splitting, when it's unexpected. The element of surprise or shock, like the pie-in-your-face or the guy who slips on the banana peel or the comic who, relating the story, has a great and surprising last line.
The Just for Laughs Festival is one of my favourite festivals and already, I've been twice, just to walk around the site and spend day and evening, taking in the colours, comedy and joie de vivre. Montrealers love their city, are endlessly grateful for summer and really put on a great show; the Just for Laughs festival is one of those, one of several dozen that runs on the sizzling days and sultry nights of our glorious summer.
"The largest comedy festival in the world invites you to Montréal. Every summer, the festival tickles the city into a laughing frenzy with galas, street art, theatre productions, and stand-up performances. Hosting some 1,700 artists from 19 countries as well as over 2 million festival-goers, Just For Laughs offers 1,600 performances, including 1,200 free outdoor shows."
www.tourisme-montreal.org/What-To-Do/Events/just-for-laug...
Photo by Sharleen, theme by Sharleen