Sunday, July 10, 2005

Among other topics, Virginia Heffernan talks about STELLA:

In fact, each of these comics acts as though the other two are the only ones who really get him. The trio's easy rapport is appealing. But the impacted surrealism of their undertaking makes it seem more like performance art than comedy. And it's run so tightly, and to these guys' idiosyncratic and inaccessible rhythms, that it is nearly impossible to find breathing room to laugh. Not to mention the jokes: where are they? Watching "Stella" is even a little alienating, like listening to stoners crack themselves up at the mere thought of bagels or bears.