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Comedy Newswire Article Details Wed, 2 May 2007 18:02:30 Comedy Reviews Added to ComedyCritic.com Arlington TX - 05-01-07 Reviews for the performances by Ben Creed, David Ashley and Gary Hood at Hyena's Arlington location on Saturday April 28th have been added to ComedyCritic.com. The "Comedy Critic" reviews live stand-up comedy performances by invitation of either the hosting club or comedian. With over 300 live performances reviewed in the last 5 years, "Comedy Critic" reviews include some of the top comedians in the business including many comedy legends. "We have focused on comedians performing in the Dallas/Fort Worth area and occasionally in Los Angeles.", according to Don Lokke "The Comedy Critic". "I review everyone from top comedy names to the first performances of promising new talent. It's interesting to see where their comedy starts and watch it grow. Some of the stand-ups I covered 4-5 years ago are just now making it to television and headlining in comedy clubs across the country. Contrary to the name 'Comedy Critic' I don't look critically at individual performances. There are too many variables including the audience, other comedians, the venue and event the weather. I look at the underlying content, the delivery, and try to find what they are really saying. What is their perspective." "Every Stand-up is different. Stand-ups are a rare breed, the 'Samari of Stage Performers'. They discover, write, and perform their material as one-man plays, carefully timed, words chosen and precisely placed, most are inspired social commentators. They seek originality and condemn 'Hacks'. Stand-up comedy is one of two totally original American Arts, the other being Jazz/Blues. Both stem from our freedom of speech. I want to cheer them on every time these Stand-ups take on the straitjacket of social-political correctness which is usually wrong in everyway. They are the cutting edge of our freedom to think and speak. They give the rest of us a voice and sometimes a clue." "We have to understand and protect their role, a sort of performance press that began with political cartoonists like Nast and social commentators like Samuel Clemmens and Will Rodgers. It isn't always pretty but it;'s necessary. They keep the dangers of censorship at bay." - READ MORE - SOURCE: COMEDYNEWSWIRE.COM Articles are provided for the public and private use of our readers. Re-publication in any form allowed with credits to ComedyNewswire.com - Copyright 2005 Don Lokke. Submit your comedy news release CLICK HERE