This is a bit late getting to the blog, but it’s finally up. Episode 19 took Katherine and I to the Bloor Cinema to see a documentary called Guest of Cindy Sherman, part of the Doc Soup series of documentaries (a program run by Hot Docs). To give you an idea about the film, we found this trailer for it:
You will see what we thought of the film at the end… It sure was provocative! It got Katherine quite ticked off, that’s for sure. At its core, it is really two stories rolled into one. One being the New York art gallery scene from the 80’s until now, and the other being the story of a man who is with a woman who is much more successful and talented than him. It sure is a lot of things, but definitely worth a look, especially if you want to know a bit more about Cindy Sherman and her amazing work as an artist.
We got a chance to talk to Sean Farnel, Director of Programming at Hot Docs to talk about the upcoming festival and what Doc Soup is. If you love documentary films, and you haven’t been to Doc Soup or Hot Docs, you’re missing out on one of the best film festivals in Toronto. And it’s pretty darn cheap to see some fantastic stories from around the world.
The second part of our evening took us down to Bread & Circus in Kensington Market to see The Carnegie Hall Show:
… an Improvised meta-variety show that satirizes the gala retrospective not unlike The Lincoln or Kennedy Centre Honours. After getting a suggestion from the audience of “an event to celebrate” the tuxedo and boa-clad cast (Matt Baram, Chris Gibbs, Ron Pederson and Naomi Snieckus) take the audience on a timeline retrospective of the greatest improvised scenes based on that event as they make them up from scratch before their very eyes. That’s why we can say we offer the greatest Improvised scenes of all time!
For a night of “Pay-What-You-Think-It’s-Worth” comedy, this was a great evening of improv. We got a chance to sit down (or stand) with Chris Gibbs, one of the stars of the show, to talk to us about the beginnings of The Carnegie Hall Show. If you’re ever in the area on a Wednesday night and looking for something off the beaten path to check out, may we highly suggest having a drink and a laugh with some of Toronto’s finest improvisers (for a quick clip, click here).
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