http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/onemanshow tag posts with onemanshow Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:01:42 -0800 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:01:42 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/97163/Recommendations-on-great-monologuey-documentaries Recommendations on great "monologue-y" documentaries? I have a serious soft spot for documentaries (or filmed performances) with a single, wry, interesting narrator. Here are a couple of examples of what I'm talking about:<br> <br> - The Cruise (tour of NYC with Timothy Speed Levitch)<br> - Monster In A Box (Spalding Gray's one-man show)<br> - This Filthy World (John Waters' one-man show)<br> <br> I hope it's clear that I'm not looking for standup comedy, so much as excellent and humorous storytelling ability. Have any films/videos you'd care to suggest?<br> <br> Note: I am unable to see any live performances due to the fact I live in the middle of nowhere. And I prefer watching something filmed over reading a book or listening to a recording, so I can watch it with my s.o. tag:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.97163 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:01:42 -0800 films filmrecommendations onemanshow onewomanshow The ____ of Justice http://ask.metafilter.com/90859/Can-anyone-remember-this-video-from-my-horrible-description I'm looking for an online video that I've seen within the last couple of years of a one man show by a British comedian that covered the reasons why America invaded Iraq and the history leading up to it. My memory of this video is <i>very</i> fuzzy, but I remember that he talked about the history of Iraq and western involvement in the country leading down to the present times. He then ultimately made the connection of Iraq getting rid of using the dollar for its oil sales as the reason for the invasion. For some reason I remember him looking very old Vaudeville in hat and tie. He possibly showed up on a bicycle at the start of the video and did the show on a wooden stage with red drapes behind him. He also at one point did a routine of where Bush was beating up Saddam and China showed up looking all tough and wondering what was going on around here? Sorry that yes, my memory is really that vague about this video, but a recent discussion about the Iraq war with a coworker jarred this show from my memory...and it has been killing me to try and track it down to watch again ever since. tag:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.90859 Wed, 07 May 2008 22:15:04 -0800 onemanshow iraq middleeast war comedian rfbjames