Theater

Like John Waters channeled through Sir Kenneth Clark, Prof. Damon Rudman probes contemporary American attitudes toward bodily urges by comparing today’s US media with jaw-dropping imagery from other times and places.
For more info, videos, reviews, and some twisted stuff: http://profrudman.wordpress.com/

Damon Rudman is the Jonathan Wad Endowed Professor and Proctor of Scatology and Sexology at the Upper United States University (Up.U.S.U.). He asserts:
“Many people decry the amount of sex and vulgarity in US media today. They feel that our society is losing its way, and they long for restoration of “traditional” decency. However, history and anthropology prove that prudishness has seldom been the norm. On the contrary, in comparison to other cultures, we still stand out as uncommonly ashamed of our bodies and their urges; acknowledging them is seen as perverse and suppressing them is seen as natural. By juxtaposing contemporary media with artifacts and verbal accounts from other cultures reaching back to the ancient Hebrews, I will deconstruct contemporary attitudes surrounding our urges for sex, food, sleep, and the defecatory urges (including belching, spitting, nose-picking, farting, pissing, and shitting). Expect mind-blowing edutainment, fun for your whole family—depending, ya know, on what your family is like!”

“Rudman’s findings are uplifting, penetrating, and not as messy as you might think!”—Patrick Scully, impresario of Patrick’s Cabaret

Sunday and Thursday January 24 and 28 at 7:00 pm (6:00 doors)
$12 / $10 with a Fringe button

Performance schedule

• January 24, 2010 - 7:00pm
• January 28, 2010 - 7:00pm

Tickets

$12/$10 with Fringe button
January 24, 2010
January 28, 2010