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Almost Obscene
Written and Performed by Joe Raiola
Joe Raiola
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The Woodstock Times raved about this hit of last year’s festival. Joe Raiola is a very funny man...unflinchingly honest and thought provoking...if you haven't seen Almost Obscene, don't miss the opportunity. Back by popular demand, Raiola, Senior Editor of MAD Magazine, has updated his acclaimed and controversial evening of comic theater that challenges our most widely held cultural beliefs and satirically reflects on our devolution toward an Orwellian society. Boston Magazine called it an incendiary combination of stand up and performance art and the New York Times hailed it as a ruefully amusing lament for the ineradicable hypocrisy of humanity. Whether it's censorship, privacy, the war, consumerism, pharmaceuticals, cell phones, politics, sports, religion or whatever has him riled up in the moment, Raiola is a consistently engaging and dynamic presence.