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Duo knots genitals into that good night
Philadelphia Inquirer ^
| 7/10/2003
| Howard Shapiro
Posted on 07/10/2003 9:19:24 AM PDT by sjersey
Just when you think you've seen it all, just when you're certain there are no more surprises, two guys roll into town, take over a main stage in Center City, and begin pulling their penises every which way. They turn their privates into wristwatches, windsurfers, turtles and the like.
They are the gentlemen of Puppetry of the Penis, which runs through Aug. 3. The show's a hoot.
The bizarre Australian import, popping up on main stages around the world, now has eight performing members. Two of them belong to Daniel Lewry and Lincoln Davies, the trim and fit duo who, amid a flurry of comic patter, are handling the Philadelphia version.
The novelty act has no real puppets, only penises and accompanying testicles and scrota, which the men contort into different items without benefit of strings or costumes (except socks, sneakers, one Aussie hat and an occasional cape), and mostly without props. It takes the audience - this thing has been playing to big houses - a few minutes to grasp the Australian accents and a few minutes more to warm to the idea, given that two guys stand before them in the altogether and display a talent rare and flexible. Helping to break the ice is the opening act, Claudia Sherman Smith, who has a little Don Rickles in her, and quickly conjures a party atmosphere.
Smith, who refers to herself as the evening's "fluffer," is a stand-up comedian. Lewry, 25, and Davies, 31, are not. This is one show where the actors must render flaccid performances, in order to turn themselves into different "installations," as the tricks are called. To anticipate a question that will arise, Lewry and Daniels are circumcised; this makes the Loch Ness monster look really scary when it stares right at you.
What I'm going to tell you may seem strange, or even ludicrous, but it's honest: Puppetry of the Penis is good, clean fun. (This will be a relief to some, an abject disappointment to others.) Lewry pulls off his installations with a look that says, "Hey, Mom, I can do this!" and Davies is a master at the clever but naughty smile.
Each seems like the nice guy down the block. When they arrange themselves into a hamburger sandwich or the Eiffel Tower or a chicken drumstick or a boomerang, Lewry and Davies are playing purely for laughs. But they're serious about the performance: the timing, the hit-or-miss delivery of one-liners, the way they move around the stage. Whatever they are, they are not erotic.
For those to the rear of the house, the installations are flashed large, onto a screen, which "does something for your confidence," Davies tells the men in the audience. On opening night, about two thirds of the crowd were women, many in festive groups.
Under all the laughs, there's a message for the men: Do try this at home. There's even a $20 instruction book with step-by-step diagrams. Guys, I can tell you first-hand, you don't need a book to do the Philly gag: the Liberty Bell. And it'll crack you up, just like the show.
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Or, "What To Do When You're Absolutely Devoid of Talent"
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posted on
07/10/2003 10:07:01 AM PDT
by
martin_fierro
(A v v n c v l v s M a x i m v s)
To: sjersey
Puppetry of the PenisHave they gone blind yet?
My mom beat my butt when she caught me trying Puppetry.
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posted on
07/10/2003 10:11:53 AM PDT
by
bedolido
(Ann Coulter... A Conservative Male's Natural Viagra)
To: sjersey
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posted on
07/10/2003 10:12:25 AM PDT
by
martin_fierro
(A v v n c v l v s M a x i m v s)
To: martin_fierro
I tried this once, but the audience couldn't see anything.
<|:-(
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posted on
07/10/2003 10:13:15 AM PDT
by
JoeSixPack1
(POW/MIA - Bring 'em home, or send us back! Semper Fi)
To: JoeSixPack1
I tried this once, but the audience couldn't see anything.Natural humor...lol. I love it. I could do the "Turtle" routine, but I couldn't tie it into anything...
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posted on
07/10/2003 10:16:26 AM PDT
by
bedolido
(Ann Coulter... A Conservative Male's Natural Viagra)
To: JoeSixPack1
I tried billing my show as "up and coming" -- then suffered from stage fright. <|:(~
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posted on
07/10/2003 10:20:58 AM PDT
by
martin_fierro
(A v v n c v l v s M a x i m v s)
To: martin_fierro; .45MAN
Oh my....
.45MAN - you won't believe this.....
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posted on
07/10/2003 10:22:27 AM PDT
by
dansangel
(America - love it, support it or LEAVE it!)
To: MHGinTN
This stage production is but added proof that our society
has already gone past the turnaround point in embracing degeneracy.
Of course, the same thing was said in 1920 about women bobbing
their hair and in 1955 about comic books. If this is where we
are today, I really can't imagine what 2025's envelope pushing
will be like. You can only go so far....can't you?
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posted on
07/10/2003 10:25:30 AM PDT
by
gcruse
(There is no such thing as society: there are individual men and women[.] --Margaret Thatcher)
To: martin_fierro
Now you've done it...One wrong turn and now it...
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posted on
07/10/2003 10:26:05 AM PDT
by
Zavien Doombringer
(Ain't nothing worse than feeling obsolete....)
To: bedolido; martin_fierro
SHRINKAGE - IS THE ROOT CAUSE OF ALL EVIL!
<:|-)~~~~~~~~
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posted on
07/10/2003 10:26:18 AM PDT
by
JoeSixPack1
(POW/MIA - Bring 'em home, or send us back! Semper Fi)
To: Zavien Doombringer
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posted on
07/10/2003 10:28:17 AM PDT
by
martin_fierro
(A v v n c v l v s M a x i m v s)
To: RJCogburn
You know, the headline itself is a work of art.
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posted on
07/10/2003 10:33:07 AM PDT
by
gcruse
(There is no such thing as society: there are individual men and women[.] --Margaret Thatcher)
To: martin_fierro

- I am not..
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posted on
07/10/2003 10:46:00 AM PDT
by
Zavien Doombringer
(Ain't nothing worse than feeling obsolete....)
To: Zavien Doombringer
Q: How does the Lone Ranger know he's in Fag Country?
A: Very tastefully-decorated teepees.
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posted on
07/10/2003 10:52:46 AM PDT
by
martin_fierro
(A v v n c v l v s M a x i m v s)
To: martin_fierro
Designer leather? :)
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posted on
07/10/2003 10:58:13 AM PDT
by
Zavien Doombringer
(Ain't nothing worse than feeling obsolete....)
To: Zavien Doombringer
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posted on
07/10/2003 11:04:30 AM PDT
by
martin_fierro
(A v v n c v l v s M a x i m v s)
To: martin_fierro
WHOA!!!!!....
I never claimed to be the author of the piece, I hope it doesn't go around to that...
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posted on
07/10/2003 11:10:22 AM PDT
by
Zavien Doombringer
(Ain't nothing worse than feeling obsolete....)
To: martin_fierro
You're also a fan of Ace and Gary, I see. : )
To: phasma proeliator
"How's it Hanging" Ping
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posted on
07/10/2003 12:57:01 PM PDT
by
da_toolman
(Don't tread on me.)
To: martin_fierro
Or, "What To Do When You're Absolutely Devoid of Talent"Yeah, Madonna's kootchie made her a fortune.
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