Sydney Tourism News: Eddie Murphy's Older Brother Charlie Does His Own Thing At The Sydney Comedy Festival
THERE'S a bit of a tiresome trend of late for visiting US comedians of a certain fame to bring along a countryman support act. Not that there's anything wrong with that touring is a lonely business.
But said support acts seem to consistently open with a couple of dope gags, often followed up with some borderline Mexican references. Which is, frankly, a little dull.
So it was for Paul Farmer aka actor-comedian Freez Luv, here to support Charlie Murphy's Sydney Comedy Festival outing.
Maybe it's an LA thing. But it has to be said, though, that once these seemingly now obligatory preliminaries were dispensed he won over a packed Enmore Theatre very quickly on Thursday night.
A very good-value entree to the main course, which was, of course, Chappelle Show alumni Charlie Murphy.
Two things very quickly. Firstly, Murphy is renowned for his Chappelle Show "True Hollywood Stories" sketches, particularly those involving the excesses Rick James. Don't despair, this material does get a hitout, albeit late in the show. So don't be impatient.
The other point that need to be made is that although he's Eddie Murphy's older brother, and the physical similarities are striking (especially when he laughs), Charlie is very much his own man with a very defined and different comedic voice to that of his sibling.
Beginning with the small complaint that he was rather hoping it would actually be warm in Australia, Murphy then canvases a wide range of material ranging from last year's royal wedding through Michael Jackson's death and the culpability fo the doctor and heading into the car crashes that the lives of Charlie Sheen and Lindsay Lohan seem to have become, via various observations on the American economy and the US presidential race (his Mitt Romney line is a killer).
The title of the show is a constant refrain for Murphy, who repeatedly questions whether he's really here, or actually in the county lockup, tripping on acid.
THERE'S a bit of a tiresome trend of late for visiting US comedians of a certain fame to bring along a countryman support act. Not that there's anything wrong with that touring is a lonely business.There is a tender moment towards the end of the show when Murphy talks of his wife's death of cancer back in 2009 and the burden of being a single dad, but the sweary 52-year-old doesn't dwell too long, before getting back to it.
It's entertaining and solid stuff, if occasionally veering into the all-too predictable.
Although he came to standup late in life, the strength of The Acid Trip is a good indication that Charlie Murphy will be strutting stages for some time to come.
The Acid Trip, Enmore Theatre, Enmore Rd, Newtown; Friday April 27, 9.30pm, $56.90, 9020 6966, sydneycomedyfest.com.au
Eddie Murphy's Older Brother Charlie Does His Own Thing At The Sydney Comedy Festival
So it was for Paul Farmer aka actor-comedian Freez Luv, here to support Charlie Murphy's Sydney Comedy Festival outing.
Maybe it's an LA thing. But it has to be said, though, that once these seemingly now obligatory preliminaries were dispensed he won over a packed Enmore Theatre very quickly on Thursday night.
A very good-value entree to the main course, which was, of course, Chappelle Show alumni Charlie Murphy.
Two things very quickly. Firstly, Murphy is renowned for his Chappelle Show "True Hollywood Stories" sketches, particularly those involving the excesses Rick James. Don't despair, this material does get a hitout, albeit late in the show. So don't be impatient.
The other point that need to be made is that although he's Eddie Murphy's older brother, and the physical similarities are striking (especially when he laughs), Charlie is very much his own man with a very defined and different comedic voice to that of his sibling.
Beginning with the small complaint that he was rather hoping it would actually be warm in Australia, Murphy then canvases a wide range of material ranging from last year's royal wedding through Michael Jackson's death and the culpability fo the doctor and heading into the car crashes that the lives of Charlie Sheen and Lindsay Lohan seem to have become, via various observations on the American economy and the US presidential race (his Mitt Romney line is a killer).
The title of the show is a constant refrain for Murphy, who repeatedly questions whether he's really here, or actually in the county lockup, tripping on acid.
THERE'S a bit of a tiresome trend of late for visiting US comedians of a certain fame to bring along a countryman support act. Not that there's anything wrong with that touring is a lonely business.There is a tender moment towards the end of the show when Murphy talks of his wife's death of cancer back in 2009 and the burden of being a single dad, but the sweary 52-year-old doesn't dwell too long, before getting back to it.
It's entertaining and solid stuff, if occasionally veering into the all-too predictable.
Although he came to standup late in life, the strength of The Acid Trip is a good indication that Charlie Murphy will be strutting stages for some time to come.
The Acid Trip, Enmore Theatre, Enmore Rd, Newtown; Friday April 27, 9.30pm, $56.90, 9020 6966, sydneycomedyfest.com.au
Eddie Murphy's Older Brother Charlie Does His Own Thing At The Sydney Comedy Festival
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