Hillarious live comedy from Rowan Atkinson (Rowan Atkinson - Live (DVD))

Member Name: dangaroo

Product:	Rowan Atkinson - Live (DVD)
Date:	26/03/09 (64 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: More ingenius sketches from Atkinson

Disadvantages: Too short, some sections may have been reused

Rowan Atkinson is mostly known to the current young generations for his marvellous and approachable work as the man of few words - Mr. Bean. His comic genius as shown in Black Adder which covers periods of history starting some 500 years ago is also likely to remain unforgotten.

A lot of his stand-up work, remains unknown - particularly to audiences abroad. This DVD was filmed in 1991 and if there's one fault, it's definitely not the sketches that it consists of but the fact that it is too short. The sketches are well prepared and Rowan makes awesome use of the simplest of props (a bus like seat for instance) on his awesome "Invisible Man" sketch, which is only beaten in the hillarious physical comedy stakes by his Guide to A Perfect First Date where his actions and facial expressions are purely amazing! Angus Deayton plays the spoken roles for these perfectly.

It's not all physical comedy though and there's quite a bit of humour arising from Atkinson's clever words on several sketches, including my personal favourite "The Fatal Beatings" sketch, I've no idea how he manages to keep a straight face and there are some hillarious lines in there. Likewise "The Good Loser" an actor at a ceremony who is there to pick up an award on behalf of one of his co-actors is highly entertaining and a very entertaining observation as well!

I'm aware of many other funny Rowan Atkinson sketches and only wish they were somehow incorporated in to this DVD to lengthen it.

Summary: Top entertainment but too short