Tony Walker
Have any of you ever been to a dinner theatre show, like "Tony & Tina's Wedding?
Drop Dead Comedy performs dinner theatre shows in the same style as "Tony & Tina's." But our shows are murder mysteries. We take a lot of pride in our shows. We don't go for the obvious dirty humor. We try to give the audience a high quality comedy show with high quality performers.One thing our shows are not are offensive. We have a show in May that seems to have a black cloud over it.
The show we have booked is called, "The Family, The Fun, & The Felony." It's a mob show. Well someone near the town where this show is supposed to happen decided that a mob show is offensive to Italians. The establishment who hired us was going to ignore the complaint and have us come in and do the show. Then today a letter from the Suffolk County Chapter Of Parents Of Murdered Children contacted the establishment to complain. "How dare we glorify murder" they said. What??? "Murder is not entertainment!" This one is my favorite, "Do you know what goes on in the homes & in the lives of the people that you are delivering this mockery of human decency to?"
I am not trying to attack this organization or mock what has happened to them. I cannot even imagine being the parent of a child who was murdered. However, I do think attacking us and the establishment who hired us is going overboard.
I'm not speaking for any other company but mine and my super duper business partner. We've seen some companies perform real bloody type murder shows. We are NOT one of them. Every single piece of our shows are comedic including the murder. The performer "dies" in comedic fashion. Most of the time we joke with the audience about the "victim" still breathing after the crime.
We are not making fun of anything or anyone. If you don't like our kind of thing well then don't come! But to attack us and call us a mockery of human decency? Give me a break. Sometimes I think people are too sensitive and are looking for something to complain about. Surely an issue as important as kids being murdered has more important things to deal with. A comedy show is not a problem.
What do you guys think?
Do you think we should be more sympathetic to this group?
Am I a cold hearted bastard?
