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(i love you) elephant shoes & olive juice : (mis)communication in a modern world
 
20% Theatre's entry for the 2008 Fringe Festival
August 1 - 9, 2008
A collaborative creation headed by Shannon Forney
Bryant Lake Bowl, Minneapolis
CREATORS/PERFORMERS
Shannon Forney
Katie Kaufmann
Damon Brook
Danielle Siver
Mark Benzel
Jeremy Hughes

An Audience Favorite : Receiving 4.5 out of 5 Kitties on www.fringefestival.org/2008

Here are some of the comments audience members shared!

In love
Rating 5 kitties
That's right. I'm completely infatuated with this show. I saw it twice, and enjoyed every second of it both times. The clowning was wonderful, as was the music, acting, and... well, everything. Nicely done!

An amazing birth!
Rating 5 kitties
Okay... so if Pee-Wee's Playhouse and Mr. Bean hooked up and had a baby and The Office and Arrested Development hooked up and had a baby and then those two babies hooked up this would be the amazing performance that would be birthed. It's worth it just for the facial expressions but there's so much more! Music, clowning and humor. Definately the best show I saw at Fringe this year. I at least chuckeled throughout the entire shows and often laughed out loud so loud that I was somewhat embarassed. OMG I was ROFL... WTF?! Go and see this show! NOW!

Incredibly Insightful
Rating 5 kitties
This show is hilarious--A great commentary on our modern world!!

A great ensemble cast creatively and insightfully explores the irony in how our modern creations have complicated our lives (and increased our ability to miscommunicate). Forney and her crew hilariously and seamlessly blend pop-culture references from the past and present using unique tools, instruments, tunes (and toys) from across the decades to effectively communicate a funny and poignant commentary on our hi-tech society. The office bit on a lost email and search into the Internet is gut-splitting (anyone who has every worked in a cube, will relate personally)! The mass-media music is also haunting.

Forney shines in her directing and her pivotol role as the 'fool.' A detail that allows the audience to see the the roles we all play in misunderstanding, misinterpreting and miscommunicating in our own lives.

Last Updated October 3, 2009
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