BONUS REVIEW - Best Picture

This was my longest Fringe hour.  There were some very funny lines but I realize my laughs were  in direct proportion to my familiarity with the movies referenced and my ability to catch the reference in time.  

The pre-show started with Jon Paterson and Kurt Fitzpatrick "recognizing" and interacting with famous personality lookalikes in the audience.  By the time they also included the pre-show announcements about cell phones and sponsors I was getting a bit bored.  

Then the show started with a scene from Casablanca, complete with Tara Travis as a piano, and the fun began. It was a non-stop romp through many Oscar winners with our cast of three playing as many cast of thousands characters as they could cram into the time.  All three are accomplished and versatile performers but the script needs some more work to make it accessible to more people.  Having audience members vote on how familiar they were with obscure movies just to get the mention in just didn't work.    Combining the audience interaction with the pre-show announcements made it seem like it was really 75 minutes long - too long for the concept to hold.