FRINGE REVIEW: 3 Mad Rituals

What do popsicles, sneakers and Wonder Woman all have in common? Absolutely nothing. But PHIT took these three audience-suggested words as the basis for three, 20 minutes acts and created an hour of non-stop laughs.

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FRINGE REVIEW: 3 Mad Rituals

POSTED: Tuesday, September 18, 2012, 9:20 AM

Every year, there's hundreds and hundreds of performances at the Philly Fringe and Live Arts Festival, and unless it's one of the big shows, it's sometimes hard to tell what you're going to get. Here at Critical Mass we're sending writers to as many shows as we possibly can for 75 pocket-sized reviews over the course of the fest. Check back in with us at On The Fringe every day for real talk on what these things actually are!

SHOW: 3 Mad Rituals

GROUP: Philly Improv Theater (PHIT)

GENRE: Improv Comedy

ATTENDED: Sat., Sept. 15, 10:30 p.m.

CLOSES: Sat., Sept. 22

BRIEF SELF-DESCRIPTION: PHIT House Team King Friday (Chicago Improv Festival, Del Close Marathon) delivers back-to-back-to-back improv sets that blend to create a single, hilarious, one-of-a-kind show based on a song lyric suggested by you! A perennial Fringe favorite, this year’s performances will be a must-have ticket.

WE THINK: What do popsicles, sneakers and Wonder Woman all have in common? Absolutely nothing. But PHIT took these three audience-suggested words as the basis for three, 20 minutes acts (hence the titular “mad rituals”) and created an hour of non-stop laughs. With recurring characters and settings, including the relationship between a woman and her 10-year old husband, a tortuous educator and his student teacher, and a religious couple who couldn't help but continually use The Lord's name in vain, Team King delivered with a gang of jokes ranging from the philosophy behind splinters to Jesus’ clothing line. The third and final act was the team’s improvised vision of a movie that hasn’t been made yet—Wonder Woman. If any director were to actually make a flick about the Amazonian superheroine, one can only hope that it involves as much wittiness, humor and slow-mo, sweat dripping breast action as the one Team King imagined off the top of their heads. What’s the best part about PHIT and their 3 Mad Rituals? You’re guaranteed for a different experience every time, though the same high quality of improv gold is always guaranteed.

—Max Pulcini

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