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| | | Shark Bait review – human chum bucket jeopardy thriller sinks without trace | | by Phil Hoad May 31, 2022 | | It doesn’t help that there is more charisma in the shark’s cold dead eye than in the entire cast “Tyler, no! You took a bang to the head!” “That might be a problem if there was something inside of there!” So goes an almighty self-own when one of five spring-breakers trapped on a jetski in shark-infested waters decides to swim for help in this depressingly unimaginative thriller. The party posse-cum-human chum bucket in this carnivorous outing are so moronic that the intro in which they twerk, chug beers and hijack motorised watercraft while roaring “Ride or die!” resembles the legendary Zoolander petrol fight without the satire. In answer to their war-cry, they mostly die. After sensibly playing jetski chicken, the fatuous five find themselves crammed on a single stalled machine drifting out to sea – and Greg (Thomas Flynn) has a broken leg. Tensions rise when it turns out the vampish Milly (Catherine Hannay) slept with jock Tom (Jack Trueman) the previous night, behind the back of his girlfriend Nat (Holly Earl). We know Nat is a good person because she’s the only one of these gringos who speaks Spanish but back on dry land, she failed to heed the warning of the double-amputee about the local aquafauna. And matters take a turn when the valiant Tyler (Malachi Pullar-Latchman) front-crawls off, and a dorsal fin saunters into view behind him like a piscine Alfred Hitchcock. Continue reading... | | | | | Shaparak Khorsandi: 'Love your audience without caring who they vote for' | | by Interview by Liam Pape May 31, 2022 | | The standup and author on what she’s learned from comedy, her traumatic gig at Glastonbury and who makes her howl with laughter What made you get into comedy?
Benny Hill was my inspiration as a child. I wanted to run about chasing women in swimsuits around trees. Sadly, the 80s politically correct culture swooped in and made this an unviable career choice so more traditional standup seemed to be a safer bet. What advice would you give to up-and-coming comedians?
Love the audience. They have paid good money to watch you fill the void in your soul so love them without caring who they are or who they vote for. Don’t start out your career imagining you are going to teach them something. Learn to make the audience laugh hard first. Shaparak Khorsandi: It Was the 90s is on tour in the UK until 10 December. Continue reading... | | | | | |
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