 Ava
Vidal is performing two shows this Fringe, and I was the reviewer to see
Minority Report.
The
concept is that Ms Vidal, a very funny comedian, with the aid of pre
filmed footage, looks at prejudice as experienced by some individuals
simply because of their colour, sexual orientation or disability.
This
footage includes, I hate to say victims, but I guess that’s what they
where giving sound bites of what they have experienced and I must say it
sounded awful.
Ava
mixes in some stand up material and experiences with the other footage
and slides showing a few more awful examples.
In
the recent Carole Thatcher, Ava was drawn into the aftermath and
suffered herself in this unnecessary debacle.
As
a feature of the show a figure who is in Edinburgh and is deemed to be
worthy gets about ten minutes to entertain, and the guest I saw was
legendry stand-up Richard Herring. His face, wearing a Hitler style
moustache, is plastered on many a billboard around the capital
advertising his Fringe show currently running at the Underbelly.
Once
his time was done Ava returned with more clips, more comedy and my
awareness of how ‘people’ view minorities was raised further with a
few sequences featuring comedian Lawrence Clark.
I
found this both a funny and educational show, one that deserves to both
get bigger audiences and the message across too, so what are you doing
this afternoon?
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