Bonkers Brits: The Audience Is Baffled at First by CVRep’s ‘One Man Two Guvnors’—but Is Soon Won Over by the Great Cast and Zany Energy
It is unrealistic to expect all Americans to understand British humor. Back in the day, when I was growing up in Canada, about half of the CBC Radio broadcasts were from Britain, so I was raised with a great appreciation for such famous English shows as Take It From Here.
That said, CVRep’s presentation of One Man Two Guvnors caught even me off guard. I don’t know if any theaters in our valley have ever previously tackled such a production. This show offers a wide variety of English accents; even for Britons, who have keener ears than ours for being able to place an English accent with regard to not only location but class, this show offers a real mixture.
It’s also one of the few shows that breaks the “fourth wall”—what theater people call it when an actor speaks directly to the audience, as an aside. It can be very funny.
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