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Got to see Garrison Keillor in a solo show tonight. The guy is amazing... After a bit of singing with audience participation, he launched into an almost two hour non-stop stream of consciousness/tales/humor extravaganza that I found very humorous and touching. And some of his humor was a bit spicy too since it was a live show not intended for replay on Public Radio. No notes or props save a stool, he was in constant motion telling his tales. Impressive for someone who is 72. And who has done his radio show for 40 years.
I'm glad I went!
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72 is young for a robot martian. No worries, he's got like thirty more years in him before he'll have to retire back to the homeworld.
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Above all he was and is true to his craft.
Keillor is an impresario and raconteur of the first order. Had he been exposed to a wider than PBS audience he'd have likely become a widely known name. He deservers many more honors and respect than he's today gathered.
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We were given tickets to see him several years ago. I only knew him from public radio and didn't know what to expect. I came away from the show deeply impressed and sad that the time went so quickly as I thoroughly enjoyed the entire show. Would go to another show in a heart beat.
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Is he less creepily sexist solo? I used to love PHC, but lately i can't get past the ubiquity of stories in which attractive, purportedly intelligent women end up enchanted by a gross old man. It's like he's enacting his own fantasies on stage night after night. Ick.
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rjmacs wrote:
Is he less creepily sexist solo? I used to love PHC, but lately i can't get past the ubiquity of stories in which attractive, purportedly intelligent women end up enchanted by a gross old man. It's like he's enacting his own fantasies on stage night after night. Ick.
good point, I have noticed that, too. although I may omit the adjective, "gross," from the above statement. I think he is a great storyteller but hung up on one style of story and the characters, as noted, seem to revolve around a young woman and a man who is not her age.
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mrbigstuff wrote:
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Is he less creepily sexist solo? I used to love PHC, but lately i can't get past the ubiquity of stories in which attractive, purportedly intelligent women end up enchanted by a gross old man. It's like he's enacting his own fantasies on stage night after night. Ick.
good point, I have noticed that, too. although I may omit the adjective, "gross," from the above statement. I think he is a great storyteller but hung up on one style of story and the characters, as noted, seem to revolve around a young woman and a man who is not her age.
Interestingly, this pattern typifies the stories only when they are enacted first-person, with Garrison wooing the young lady. When he is telling stories about Lake Wobegon's residents, there's none of this crap. In some ways, that makes it even more creepy to me.
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News from Lake Wobegon was pretty funny. I haven't heard him in years.
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Black wrote:
He was a real treasure.
Was?
