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| - OK, so I wouldn't probably have chosen Dice as a show to go to, but it was my hubby's birthday trip and he was stoked to see him.
Dice is exactly as I remember him; foul mouthed, politically incorrect and yes, offensive. The thing is, he starts his show with like a home movie of getting ready for a show in his home town. It shows him with his wife and kids and how he values his community, so to me he seems like a pretty good guy and the rest is an act - an act that made him very famous and packs them in so he sticks with it. Chances are if you go to this show, you know him and you like his humor. If you don't just know it is sex jokes, stereotypes and dirty nursery rhymes - it is all harmless. Like I said I am not sure he believes a word he says, but he knows what make people laugh and he sticks with it.
The openers were surprisingly good. His son was still a bit rough, but he has that good looking Dice Jr kind of thing going. Next up is Eleanor, his ex-fiance and a incredibly funny comedian who pretty much just works the audience to create her act off the interactions. I would go see her again!
Vinyl was good as a comedy venue (rows of seats and a few tables around the stage). The waitress was fine (although a little slow). The show was really, really short however (which is why I rated it so low). Maybe 1.5h TOTAL, with Dice being about 35 minutes of that, so if you REALLY want to see him, just know you only get a very short show of Dice, but the show in it's entirety was good.
Oh yeah, and as others said, all the comedians pick out people in the audience to ask questions and generally pick on as part of the show, so know if you are close to the stage you might have a target on you!
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