By Ernest Kearney — After a chance, brief, (very, very brief) encounter with Mexican Film Director Alejandro González Iňárritu (The Revenant, Birdman, and others,) in a Whole Foods Market, South African star-to-be, professional Dogwalker, Lola Luvv is possessed by the idea she’s meant to star in Iňárritu’s next film and goes after her destiny and him like she’s wearing a hockey mask and brandishing a chain saw.
Writer/Performer Asta Leigh as the uber-stalker comes out plowing through her dialogue, her performance, and her audience like a zaftig juggernaut on meth at the expense of her script, character, and diction.
The Afrikaner accent is a rough one at half-speed and whether it was intentional or just opening night nerves, Leigh’s turbo delivery works against her. The show itself is long and made longer by repetitions, and while Leigh has moments both tender and heartfelt, in this tempest of shambolic concatenation she’s crafted, they simply get swept away.
Still, there is a performance buried beneath the excessive excess and that does manage to shine forth periodically.
Befok is playing at the Hollywood Fringe Festival 2023 at The Broadwater in Hollywood.
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