Coleman seems to be playing a heightened version of
himself. A loud voice brimming with confidence and wearing an eye-catching
green suit that is extraordinarily dashing. I could write a full review about
that green suit. Paired with a red tie and orange socks, it's a colour clash
that works for Coleman's style of clash comedy. It may seem like it's off-the-cuff
stand-up with drizzles of desperation but it's an extremely considered performance
where every beat and step is planned. Speaking of steps, his constant pacing
and movement on stage is a cross between Danny Zucko from the T-birds and a TV
evangelist, another clash that pairs so perfectly together.
He is whip
fast with the jokes and quickly changes topics. We don't know when one story
will end and the next one will start, adding suspense and anticipation as to
what the punchline will be. We move rapidly from bus trips and body odour to
love poems at 19 and the ever-controversial question of whether you eat your
ice cream in a cup or with a cone.
Coleman builds excellent rapport with his audience even with minimal audience interactions. At one point he asks the crowd a question about his namesake where two audience members respond with the same answer. They are the only two people to respond because it turns out they completely misunderstood that it wasn't actually a question. It causes Coleman to drop the persona and let out genuine laughter which makes him even more endearing.
Coleman builds excellent rapport with his audience even with minimal audience interactions. At one point he asks the crowd a question about his namesake where two audience members respond with the same answer. They are the only two people to respond because it turns out they completely misunderstood that it wasn't actually a question. It causes Coleman to drop the persona and let out genuine laughter which makes him even more endearing.
Goof offers
some hilariously eccentric observations of Coleman's world, regardless of if
they are real or simply fabricated, the laughs that are had in
the venue are 100% real and you can't go wrong with watching this
stand out stand-up in his dashing green suit.
SHOW DETAILS
Venue: The Westin, 205 Collins St, Melbourne
Season: until 21 April | Tues - Sat 8:35pm, Sun 7:35pm
Duration: 60 minutes
Tickets: $27 - $32 Full | $25 Conc and Tightarse Tuesday
Bookings: Melbourne International Comedy Festival
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