{"id":67090,"date":"2023-08-25T18:54:24","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T18:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/likecelebwn.com\/?p=67090"},"modified":"2023-08-25T18:54:24","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T18:54:24","slug":"a-few-wry-smiles-and-a-couple-of-gentle-cringes-theatre-camp-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/likecelebwn.com\/tv-movies\/a-few-wry-smiles-and-a-couple-of-gentle-cringes-theatre-camp-review\/","title":{"rendered":"A few wry smiles and a couple of gentle cringes – Theatre Camp review"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The mockumentary is nothing new. And TV licence holders can see the funniest one ever made on BBC1 on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

Theater Camp, an affectionate ribbing of children\u2019s musical theatre, is nowhere near as accomplished as Rob Reiner\u2019s 1984 heavy metal spoof This Is Spinal Tap.<\/p>\n

The songs aren\u2019t as catchy, the lines aren\u2019t as sharp and there are no mishaps with badly measured stage props. But a game cast delivers a few wry smiles and a couple of gentle cringes.<\/p>\n

The setting is an upstate summer camp in New York where misfit kids get to air their jazz hands while preparing a show for their doting parents.<\/p>\n

A documentary crew captures a crunch year for the camp after a strobe light sends founder Joan Rubinsky (Amy Sedaris) into a coma while scouting for new recruits.<\/p>\n

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Her utterly idiotic \u201cinfluencer\u201d son Troy (Jimmy Tatro) takes over, only to find the camp is on the brink of bankruptcy. As the self-appointed business genius tries to save it, luvvie teachers Rebecca-Diane (Molly Gordon) and Amos (Ben Platt) decide to stage Joan, Still, a musical biopic about their ailing founder.<\/p>\n

The closest thing to a quotable line involves a teary performer being called \u201cthe Lance Armstrong of acting\u201d for secretly using a tear stick.<\/p>\n

But I suspect co-directors Gordon and Nick Lieberman over-estimated their cast\u2019s capacity for improvised comedy. A tighter script may have reined in some of their performances.<\/p>\n

Gordon and Platt are suitably theatrical but Tatro really turns it up to 11.<\/p>\n

Theatre Camp, Cert 12, In cinemas now<\/strong><\/p>\n

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