ASKING FOR A FRIEND WHO HAS NOT BEEN DEAFENED BY THIS SHOW. Impressions: I was pretty checked out of this show by the time we reached the five minute mark. It is so loud and so exhausting. For minute or so, I wondered if the weird texture overlay was going to be there for […]
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