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Running Time: 50 Minutes Venue: Art Academy of Cincinnati Thu, 06/03/2010 - 09:15 Sat, 06/05/2010 - 10:00 Sun, 06/06/2010 - 03:30 Wed, 06/09/2010 - 08:00 Fri, 06/11/2010 - 09:00 |
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Its like DARE except its supposed to be funny.
From De Blenniss
Show Description: Just Say Know is a stand up comedy presentation about the War on Drugs. Accompanied by his computer program ROBERT, De Blenniss talks about the history of drugs and their impact on the United States.
Most Fringy Thing: Imagine DARE but hosted by a correspondent from The Daily Show. With a mix of live media and comedy Just Say Know takes on the controversial subject of the war on drugs with insight and humor.
Video Trailer:
"Just Say Know" AD from De Blenniss on Vimeo.
Artist/Company Bio: De Blenniss is a comedian with a background in improv and sketch comedy. He has been performing since the age of sixteen. His work has lead him across the country including a brief collaboration with the LA sketch comedy group SPF as well as his own side project "Centurion Films". He currently lives in Louisville, KY.
Hails from: Louisville, KY
Previous Fringes: Fringe virgin
Reviews
You want to Know This
rating systems:
1=Disappointed 2=Enjoyed 3=Recommend 4=Encore
Fringe rating
FRINGY=what you only expect to see at a Fringe festival
FRINGIER=even at a Fringe festival you think- wow, that
was different
FRINGIEST=pushes the boundaries of what you ever see anywhere
Randy 3.5 * Suzana 3 * Ross 3 * * FRINGY *
It is not unusual to watch a Fringe show and have something to
think about, but this actually qualifies as education. It is the kind
of education you wish you could have gotten in school. It is a lecture,
but the visuals and the ongoing conversation between the lecturer and
his computer are pure entertainment. You are having a good time
while absorbing information- lots of information. You might call this an
anti-war piece, but the war being examined is the War on Drugs. That
is why KNOW is in the title. We, as citizens spending over $50 billion a
year on this war, need to know what it is, and decide if this is what we
want to be doing. Entertainment, education, and social awareness- a
top value Fringe show.
CityBeat Review
by Rodger Pille
The utterly raw nature of a Fringe production can be its greatest and most exciting asset. And that can be its biggest and sometimes insurmountable challenge. In the case of Just Say Know, it’s a little bit of both.
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Full article here
by Rodger Pille
People have long called the war on drugs a complete joke. Louisville improv and sketch comedian De Blenniss is taking the next step.
Just Say Know is a one-man stand-up comedy presentation — mixed with slick multimedia — dissecting and investigating the history of drugs and their impact on the country. Blenniss got the idea for the show, he says, when he was giving a serious presentation for a college class on drug abuse. Turns out the PowerPoint slides he inserted for comedic effect made the biggest impact, and a Fringe show was born.