By Ernest Kearney — Samuel Jae is covering very well-trodden ground here – very well covered. The show needs tightening and structuring, neither of which it displayed. And the show is under-rehearsed, whether one should chide the director, (Ana-Marija Stojic) and the producer for this, I can’t say.
For example, we never get a grip on whether Jae liked his father or resented him. If Jae doesn’t even know, then that could have been the precise thrust of the show, which would have provided the “T & S.”
Still, despite the nit-picking above, Jae is exceedingly engaging, usually when he steps out of “performing mode,” and, simply, allows his interior funny bone to shine forth. And Jae certainly does have one.
To be fair to Jae and Stojic, this was the first show on the first night of Fringe for me. Chances are Jae will only get better down the line.
A Bronze Medal for good intentions.
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My Dead Dad is playing at the Hollywood Fringe Festival 2023 at The Hudson Theatres in Hollywood.
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