This is, without a doubt, the worst, god-awful, excruciatingly painful, train-wreck of a "show" that I have ever had the misfortune of witnessing. The "lead" male "actor" was clearly drunk as he spoke at a snail's pace, mumbled half his lines and was barely audible. If comic timing is a gift then this man is cursed in every conceivable way. Or maybe it's time for some AA. The two young women did the best they could given the truly horrendous material. For a "comedy" about the history of Venice the laughter was kept to mild scoffs of amusement every 10 minutes or so from the polite (but no doubt bored senseless) crowd of 40ish people who were unfairly subjected to this overpriced pile of failure. The vast majority of "jokes" fell completely flat with actors delivering "punchlines" and then gazing expectantly at the audience who responded with sighs and groans. And that was when the "show" was actually working. If i didn't know better I'd swear to god a cricket chirped in the background and a tumble weed rolled by. At times the silence was so palpable I could hear the beating for my own heart.
Earlier that I day, I had the misfortune of stepping in dog sh*t left on the street by a careless Venetian pet owner. After walking with this stench following me for half an hour, my fiancé pointed to a stick on the side of the street which I then used to scrape the dog sh*t off my shoe. This took several minutes as the poop was quite mushy and wedged deep into the contours of my sole. I then found a puddle to rinse off the remaining crap. This was a far superior experience to watching Venezia: The Show of Venice. read more