Larry Charles' film adaptation of the off-Broadway show Fucking Identical Twins is as absurd and no holds barred as one might expect. From monstrous "sewer boys" creatures, to twin incest, the a flamboyantly gay God, Dicks: the Musical is bizarre and irreverent and silly. I laughed a lot but the end result just feels rather thin and kinda empty.
One of the highlights is Megan Thee Stallion's number Out Alpha the Alpha, a filthy feminist that is right out of her oeuvre. While much of the rest of the music is rather forgettable even with its obscene humour, the cast (featuring the wonderful Mullally and Lane) delivers it so well it remains enjoyable in the moment.
But by the end one just shakes their head why. The laughs were good but perhaps not quite enough to justify the film's rather slim runtime. And in the end does the film really say anything? It's "all love is love" message gets lost a little in the silliness. If the cast wasn't just so damn good and giving it their all, it would be easy to just dismiss this as adolescent ramblings. While I'll likely never want to see it again I did find myself smiling through a lot of it and I can at least say that I've seen it!
Dicks: the Musical
Starring: Josh Sharp, Aaron Jackson, Megan Mullally, Nathan Lane, Megan Thee Stallion, Bowan Yang, Nick Offerman
Director: Larry Charles
Director: Larry Charles
Writers: Aaron Jackson, Josh Sharp
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