Anyone else seen it? I went in completely open minded, and whilst I didn't hate it I also didn't feel, well..anything really. Coogan does a good job, some of the supporting cast are excellent but a lot of the laughs were because Coogan had just done a quick change while someone else was standing in for him. It was all a bit self aware for me and I was flummoxed by the standing ovation at the end. I'm glad it's a limited run because I saw it in its first week and Coogan already looked tired. There's little sign of Iannucci until the ending and the contemporary jokes that have been put in seem gratuitous. I got none of the dreamlike, surreality that I do from the film.
I was left wondering why they felt Dr Strangelove needed making into a stage show, when every bit of comedy advice contains the words 'why now?'
