The MFJS Reporter — Winter 2020 T-R

The troupe quickly fell into place as they began acting out the most ridiculous Mission Impossible film. Zach took on the role of Ethan Hunt, the Mission Impossible protagonist, and he played on the juxtaposition of his larger body type to Tom Cruise’s muscular physique.

The group worked well to implement many different jokes, references, film tropes and physical comedy to create a very enjoyable show.

“The Jet-ski scene was my favorite. I loved how he was swinging around on it and changing his voice. Then the flashback in the middle to his childhood was really funny,” commented audience member James Cortez after the show.

The crazy storyline of their Mission Impossible parody had the audience dying of laughter. Snorts and wheezes filled the room when the group performed the big twist towards the end of the act.

“I died laughing when they started doing the handshake. I thought the earlier bit was just something meant to be silly. I loved how they connected it all” said, audience member Lily Newman.

The group did a fantastic job of establishing continuity. Little jokes that seemed unimportant at the time ended up being called back to later, which adds on to the hilarity of the scene.

Zodiac did a great job of remaining in sync throughout the performance. There were for the most part able to prevent any upstaging, but when they did they played it off.

“When the guys kept interrupting the two girls’ scene, and the blonde one said ‘Wow it would be great if we could finish our conversation without being interrupted every two seconds,’ I lost it. Something about her breaking character for that was just so funny,” said Cortez.

The overall show was funny, but some of the performers pulled their weight more than others. Howard was by far the best performer on the stage. He captivated the audience with a wide array of physical and verbal comedy. Two of the other performers, however, failed to pull their weight. They were obviously newer to the troupe due to their few contributions to the show and their lack of stage presence.

“You could tell they weren’t really into it. They let the others lead,” said Newman.

They acted well as supporting members to Howard and the other members. They didn’t sink the show, but they certainly didn’t pull their own weight.

I would highly recommend going down to 1260 22nd street and catching one of their shows. Their schedule is on voodoocomedy.com. Voodoo Comedy is restricted to those over 18 before 10 p.m. and those over 21 after. 

“I would [in reference to seeing them again], I didn’t realize how good they would actually be,” said DU student Megan Cooney.