He acts as four characters in the song, including a wiseguy bird from, it seems, the Bronx. His show Lullabies of Pervland has a humdinger of a song about how women’s roles in Disney movies are defined and limited – it has wonderfully complex and intelligent lyrics performed by Laurence to a perfect pastiche of the whole gamut of Disneyesque tunes. Which is why Laurence Owen is a joy to behold. It is usually a Pyrrhic victory of performance skills over comedy.
The result of actors trying to be comedians to ‘fill-in’ before they get ‘proper’ acting jobs is almost always a terrible, humorless dog’s dinner. They were actors and actresses showcasing their acting talent without interruption by humour.
With the exception of one-and-a-half acts, it was a laughter-free zone. Last night, a well-known agency staged a ’comedy showcase’ of some of their acts. Not normal actor-turned-comedian-turned-composer-singer
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