The Full Monty

     Hey everyone! Thank you for checking in again for another week of musical reviews. This week I will be reviewing "The Full Monty." Now for those who don't know, "The Full Monty" is explicit and has sexual themes. If you don't feel comfortable with that, I'm warning you now. Don't watch the musical or movie. Now some of you might be wondering how I watched this seeing as the original broadway play was back in 2000. I'll be honest with you. I watched a bootleg version of it. Shhh, don't tell anyone! Haha! Now back to the review, "The Full Monty" is about six unemployed steelworkers looking for jobs. Desperate enough, they take jobs as chippendale strippers, but not without hesitation.

     "The Full Monty" is so funny. Watching middle aged men try to become strippers is just so bizarre. Although, what some people don't see is that behind the strippers, and the g-strings, and the nudity, "The Full Monty" is about unconditional love and the lengths people will go to to keep a family together. David Yazbek's music has some shining moments too. Some of the most notable numbers are "Scrap," the number the men sing when they are out of work and "Michael Jordan's Ball", which is the number they learn how to dance. Patrick Wilson has one of the best voices of the men and his performance of "Breeze Off the River" is touching as he tells his son about his failures and his loves. From the casting to the music to the story, I thought this whole production was brilliant! I highly recommend this show to the more mature audience.