Shut-Up Comedy
Last night my sister, The Big Bear and I went to watch a Japanese duo with Mohawks and really bad stovepipe suits perform a ‘shut-up’ comedy for an hour and a half without speaking a single word. Welcome to the world of street theatre - miming. The show is named GAMARJOBAT and the two un-white faced mimes are Hiropon (with the gold Mohawk) and Ketch (with the red Mohawk). The show was really, really AWESOME (I was told to mime it to my folks and mates but since that’s kinda hard to do in text… *mimes typing at the PC*)
Anyway, the show started with the usual switch off all mobile phones and no recording devices of any sort and the duo came out to applause from the audience… They did simple magic tricks (mostly sleight of hand you learn as a child like how to ‘remove’ your thumb) but all with the corniest expressions on their faces! One of the highlights of the little skit was when they were chasing each other around the stage and going ‘up’ and ‘down’ an escalator and getting ‘pulled’ from a elevator shaft and ‘smashing’ into ‘windows’… They also did a Rocky like skit called The Boxer – all in mime, complete with the washed out boxer, his still enthusiastic trainer, the love interest, queer boxing opponents and the hero’s rise back into glory… Impressively well done considering the entire cast was mimed by the duo. Also, Hiropon looks really PRETTY in a dress! Very convincing!
All fun and games, we laughed till our throats hurt! If you’re in the area and are able to go watch them, I highly recommend that you do.
*mimes lining up for tickets and exploding into a tantrum when told that there are no seats left*
