By Ernest Kearney — Part of the reason that this show works so well is that Writer/Performer Michael Blaha could easily be a tenured academic swaggering the hallways of any Ivy League University. His bow-tied and straightforward persona serves to entrench the reality of a professor of etymology (not entomology) delivering a classroom lecture, as does the ever-so-apparent research that has gone into this piece, which is impressive in and of itself.
While a tad of trimming may be called for to tighten up Blaha’s casually delivered and nicely sharpened asides, he nevertheless succeeds in conjuring up a tsunami of words guaranteed to delight the paronomasiac and logophile in us all; a wonderful blending of exceptional erudition and downright goofiness.
A giggling, snickering, playing at pickle-me-tickle-me, coupling the navels, and feeding the bearded dumb glutton Gold Medal.
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Shagadelic: The Origins Of Slang Words For Doing It’ playing at the Hollywood Fringe Festival 2023
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The Broadwater (Studio) in Hollywood.
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