Tue September 26, 2017
Asperger's Are Us Live in San Francisco!
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at PianoFight San Francisco
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The first comedy troupe consisting of people with Asperger's returns to San Francisco, bringing a 90-minute show full of dark, absurdist wordplay to PianoFight. This show is acceptable for anyone who's started puberty.
"Audiences don’t usually know what to expect from Asperger’s Are Us, a Boston sketch comedy troupe made up solely of artists on the autism spectrum. Will they use self-deprecating humor about life with Asperger’s syndrome? Are they hoping to shed light on a serious condition? Will they be something like Sheldon, the socially inept character on CBS’s 'The Big Bang Theory'?
The answer, it turns out, is none of the above.
Instead of focusing on the condition, the four men who make up the troupe perform skits and monologues that reflect their thoughts, perspectives and offbeat sensibilities, often characterized by deadpan and absurd humor... the guys are not looking for sympathy laughs or polite applause. Their show is not an autism awareness campaign, they say. They want people to laugh simply because they’re funny." -New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/16/arts/television/aspergers-are-us-comedy-troupe-jokes-about-everything-but-that.html?_r=0
"Weird as the performances were, they were in line with the type of sketch I like from Kids in the Hall or Whitest Kids U’Know—oddball characters, goofy premises, and clever wordplay. As a neurotypical person who is generally ignorant of autism, I didn’t know what to make of the Asperger’s aspect of the act. As a discriminating fan of alternative comedy, I ate it up." - Philadelphia Weekly http://philadelphiaweekly.com/2016/jul/13/aspie-comedy-emerging-alt-comedy-style-arrives-netflix-fall/#.V_KDayMrKgH
http://www.aspergersareus.com
http://www.facebook.com/aspergersareus
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"Audiences don’t usually know what to expect from Asperger’s Are Us, a Boston sketch comedy troupe made up solely of artists on the autism spectrum. Will they use self-deprecating humor about life with Asperger’s syndrome? Are they hoping to shed light on a serious condition? Will they be something like Sheldon, the socially inept character on CBS’s 'The Big Bang Theory'?
The answer, it turns out, is none of the above.
Instead of focusing on the condition, the four men who make up the troupe perform skits and monologues that reflect their thoughts, perspectives and offbeat sensibilities, often characterized by deadpan and absurd humor... the guys are not looking for sympathy laughs or polite applause. Their show is not an autism awareness campaign, they say. They want people to laugh simply because they’re funny." -New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/16/arts/television/aspergers-are-us-comedy-troupe-jokes-about-everything-but-that.html?_r=0
"Weird as the performances were, they were in line with the type of sketch I like from Kids in the Hall or Whitest Kids U’Know—oddball characters, goofy premises, and clever wordplay. As a neurotypical person who is generally ignorant of autism, I didn’t know what to make of the Asperger’s aspect of the act. As a discriminating fan of alternative comedy, I ate it up." - Philadelphia Weekly http://philadelphiaweekly.com/2016/jul/13/aspie-comedy-emerging-alt-comedy-style-arrives-netflix-fall/#.V_KDayMrKgH
http://www.aspergersareus.com
http://www.facebook.com/aspergersareus
The first comedy troupe consisting of people with Asperger's returns to San Francisco, bringing a 90-minute show full of dark, absurdist wordplay to PianoFight. This show is acceptable for anyone who's started puberty.
"Audiences don’t usually know what to expect from Asperger’s Are Us, a Boston sketch comedy troupe made up solely of artists on the autism spectrum. Will they use self-deprecating humor about life with Asperger’s syndrome? Are they hoping to shed light on a serious condition? Will they be something like Sheldon, the socially inept character on CBS’s 'The Big Bang Theory'?
The answer, it turns out, is none of the above.
Instead of focusing on the condition, the four men who make up the troupe perform skits and monologues that reflect their thoughts, perspectives and offbeat sensibilities, often characterized by deadpan and absurd humor... the guys are not looking for sympathy laughs or polite applause. Their show is not an autism awareness campaign, they say. They want people to laugh simply because they’re funny." -New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/16/arts/television/aspergers-are-us-comedy-troupe-jokes-about-everything-but-that.html?_r=0
"Weird as the performances were, they were in line with the type of sketch I like from Kids in the Hall or Whitest Kids U’Know—oddball characters, goofy premises, and clever wordplay. As a neurotypical person who is generally ignorant of autism, I didn’t know what to make of the Asperger’s aspect of the act. As a discriminating fan of alternative comedy, I ate it up." - Philadelphia Weekly http://philadelphiaweekly.com/2016/jul/13/aspie-comedy-emerging-alt-comedy-style-arrives-netflix-fall/#.V_KDayMrKgH
http://www.aspergersareus.com
http://www.facebook.com/aspergersareus
read more
"Audiences don’t usually know what to expect from Asperger’s Are Us, a Boston sketch comedy troupe made up solely of artists on the autism spectrum. Will they use self-deprecating humor about life with Asperger’s syndrome? Are they hoping to shed light on a serious condition? Will they be something like Sheldon, the socially inept character on CBS’s 'The Big Bang Theory'?
The answer, it turns out, is none of the above.
Instead of focusing on the condition, the four men who make up the troupe perform skits and monologues that reflect their thoughts, perspectives and offbeat sensibilities, often characterized by deadpan and absurd humor... the guys are not looking for sympathy laughs or polite applause. Their show is not an autism awareness campaign, they say. They want people to laugh simply because they’re funny." -New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/16/arts/television/aspergers-are-us-comedy-troupe-jokes-about-everything-but-that.html?_r=0
"Weird as the performances were, they were in line with the type of sketch I like from Kids in the Hall or Whitest Kids U’Know—oddball characters, goofy premises, and clever wordplay. As a neurotypical person who is generally ignorant of autism, I didn’t know what to make of the Asperger’s aspect of the act. As a discriminating fan of alternative comedy, I ate it up." - Philadelphia Weekly http://philadelphiaweekly.com/2016/jul/13/aspie-comedy-emerging-alt-comedy-style-arrives-netflix-fall/#.V_KDayMrKgH
http://www.aspergersareus.com
http://www.facebook.com/aspergersareus
show less
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144 Taylor Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
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