The Chaser boys never take themselves seriously. They’ll
always be the blokes who started a satirical magazine at university and just got
lucky, continuing to have a good time until their bubble bursts. Fuck what
anybody else thinks.
Despite their obvious enjoyment, The Chaser’s brand of quick
one liners doesn’t work as well on stage. They are unable to make their songs,
sketches, or stand-up routines amount to more than a loosely connected series
of set-ups and punch lines. They spend a good deal of time talking about something,
then flashing up a picture ofPhillip Ruddock
or a cute kid for an easy laugh. This constant flashing of pictures on screen
becomes annoying. But, like the post modern comedians they are, they have pre-empted
such criticism and devote an entire sketch to explaining the benefits of the screen.
Hamlet would be much easier to follow if the soliloquies were summarised in
bullet points with Microsoft Powerpoint.
The night however, is entertaining thanks to the following
sketches. Mock profiles of girls are set up to test the chances of meeting “normal” people on internet dating sites. We
see the bewildering responses from love struck guys. A clever departure from their
standard fair is a theatresports style attempt to segue between two random
topics provided by the audience, Ala Today Tonight’s Anna Coren. Shame the boys
don’t use segues elsewhere to link their own segments sketches. Perhaps they
fear going the way of Ms Coren.
This is a comedy troupe having lots of fun but far from their
satirical best.Expect a singalong about
killjoy theatre critics, in next year’s show complete with random pictures of
politicians and power points style punch lines on that big screen.
The Chaser and Laughing Stock present The Chaser's Age Of Terror Variety Hour
I so disagree. The show was absolutely fanastic. I'm so glad I took the opportunity to see them while they were in Adelaide. The Tom Cruise interview was hilarious!
Many of the sketches were done at the Malthouse Theatre show 3 odd years ago eg: powerpoint,internet dating. Not saying it wasn't funny, but lazy to rehash old material
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The Chaser boys never take themselves seriously. They’ll
always be the blokes who started a satirical magazine at university and just got
lucky, continuing to have a good time until their bubble bursts. Fuck what
anybody else thinks. 
