{"id":27257,"date":"2023-10-18T23:34:16","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T06:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cinemastance.com\/?p=27257"},"modified":"2023-10-18T23:34:16","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T06:34:16","slug":"dicks-the-musical-provides-some-laughs-with-its-expletive-filled-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/?p=27257","title":{"rendered":"DICKS: THE MUSICAL Provides Some Laughs with Its Expletive-Filled Songs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cinemastance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/24_0008_B-merged.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10620\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Running Time: 87 minutes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>This feature from A24 will be released in several markets\nincluding Albuquerque, New Mexico on October 20<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Off-Broadway productions have been getting film adaptations\nfor some time, with titles like<em> In the Heights<\/em> and <em>Dear Evan Hansen<\/em>\nbeing a couple of recent examples. This week sees the release of a musical\ncomedy from one of the more adult oriented shows staged at this kind of a\nvenue. In fact, <em>Dicks: The Musical<\/em> is based on a production that has an\neven more off-color official title. It doesn\u2019t have the budget of the titles\nlisted above and, if you\u2019re easily offended, has several moments that may cause\none to head for the exit. But if you don\u2019t mind a mix of expletive-filled songs\nand gross-out humor, then it is a memorable experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cinemastance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Dicks-The-Musical-04-fixed-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27259\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Narrated by a flamboyantly-dressed God (Bowen Yang), the\nstory follows Craig Tiddle (Josh Sharp) and Trevor Brock (Aaron Jackson), two\nexaggeratedly masculine \u201cVroomba\u201d vacuum-part salesmen who become competitors\nwhen their branches merge. While the performers look nothing alike, we are told\nthat both characters share a remarkably similar appearance. The two eventually\nrealize that they are identical twins who were separated at birth. One was\nraised by their eccentric mother Evelyn (Megan Mullally), while the other was\ncared for by their gay dad Harris (Nathan Lane). After crooning about their\nnot-so-hard trials in life and deciding that their single-parent upbringings\nwere unsatisfying, the two hatch a strange plan. They decide to impersonate\neach other in order to meet their parents, reunite them and all live together happily\never after. Of course, things do not go as planned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leads Sharp and Jackson are the writers and stars of the\noff-Broadway play. The opening credits announce that they are gay, and their\ncaricatures of alpha-males are amusing to watch. They clearly have a working\nhistory and the duo play well off of each other, whether they are butting heads\nat work or reveling in their newfound brotherhood and family. And of course,\nthe other established performers are given the opportunity to make the most out\nof the story\u2019s bizarre scenarios. There is a subplot involving Harris\u2019\ndisturbing pets that he calls \u201cSewer Boys\u201d (which are portrayed by low-grade\npuppets). The gross-out humor involving these disturbing figures is maximized\nby Lane, not only in the way he dotes on them, but also how he chooses to feed\nthem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cinemastance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Dicks-The-Musical-03-fixed-1024x921.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27260\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The film is directed by Larry Charles (<em>Borat, Br\u00fcno, The\nDictator<\/em>), who has no issues pushing every verbal and sight gag to its\nabsolute extreme. There is a lot of posturing and unsubtle notes involving body\nparts and incest. Viewers will also see a few sights that can\u2019t be easily\nerased from memory. This includes the \u201cSewer Boys\u201d, as well as a character&#8217;s\nreproductive organs that take on a life of their own. Most of these odd visuals\nare accompanied by unique and raunchy songs that poke fun at common stage\nmusical tropes. And a few of them do linger in the brain, including the truly\noutrageous finale number.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cinemastance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Dicks-The-Musical-05-fixed-1024x604.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27261\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not everything in the film works quite as efficiently. For\nevery few gags that land, one or two don\u2019t elicit the same level of laughter.\nIt is also clear that this project was created on a limited budget. Some of the\nmusical numbers don\u2019t have the grand scale hoped for and many of the sets are\nobvious studio backdrops with limited dressing (although the screenplay does\nmanage to work in a few jabs at how cheap everything looks).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the end, <em>Dicks: The Musical<\/em> really goes for broke\nto sell its message that all love in this world can be, well, kind of gross\u2026.\nand is generally successful in relaying the idea. It\u2019ll displease a few viewers\nnot ready for a shock or two, but the movie is both odd and oddly distinguished\nin its unique approach and original vision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Running Time: 87 minutes This feature from A24 will be released in several markets including Albuquerque, New Mexico on October 20th. Off-Broadway productions have been getting film adaptations for some time, with titles like In the Heights and Dear Evan Hansen being a couple of recent examples. 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