I wanted to like this show. I was looking forward to it actually. The eclectic and wacky write-up in the Fringe Guide promised a “romantic comedy circus” and “rock ‘n’ roll”. I was seduced by the mention of The Edinburgh Fringe, Glastonbury, and the effusive quotes at the bottom. It sounded like great Fringe fare to me, and I even enrolled a friend of mine to come along, selling him on the write-up as well.
You know how jokes can get kinda tired and end up falling flat? Jokes about cocks tend to do that, but before they do, they’re pretty funny.
Stand-up comedian Jon Bennett has been working on this project, Pretending Things Are a Cock for about the last three years. It started as a Facebook page where he’d post pictures of varied items protruding from his groin area. It became wildly popular so now there’s a book for sale filled with glossy Pretend Cock photos and he has this show going.
The list of objects Bennett employs includes monuments from around the...
