By Ernest Kearney — You could say Brendan Hunt’s tale of leaving Chicago — as a somewhat nerdish, unsophisticated American so wet behind the ears that professional surfers could barrel ride off his targi and travel to the distant realm of — is, very, similar to the adventures of Dorothy in The Marvelous Land of Oz.
Well, except there was no yellow brick road, just lots of bicycles. And the Munchkins didn’t get Dorothy into kinky sex…or do tons of drugs and – okay, scratch that! Brendan and Dorothy’s adventures have nothing in common!
Brendan’s side-splitting account of the five years he spent in Amsterdam ricochets from the absurd to the slapstick with the keen observations and cutting wit that harkens back to Mark Twain’s 1869 classic The Innocent Abroad, well except for a ton of drugs and all the kinky – okay, forget Twain!
Hunt takes his audience along on Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride, down Alice’s rabbit hole with Hunter S. Thompson as his co-pilot, and William S. Burroughs in charge of the mid-flight snacks.
And while his tale is wildly funny and blindingly bizarre, at times, Hunt manages to keep his audience engage and on his side through it all by always keeping that lovable Windy City dweeb along on the ride.
A Platinum Medal.
De Slaaf Van Het Lot….[1]
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Five Years in Amsterdam playing at the Hollywood Fringe Festival 2023
at the
The Broadwater (Main Stage) in Hollywood.
For Hollywood Fringe Festival Details, Five Years in Amsterdarm Show Information, and Tickets Click HERE.
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[1] “The slave of fate and destiny.”
