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By Jack Frink
| Thursday, March 12, 2009, 12:34 PM
Chicago Second City alums David Pasquesi and TJ Jagodowski have been performing long-form improv theater for six years.
“Trust Us, This Is All Made Up” (TJ’s catch phrase) spends its first 20 minutes following Pasquesi and Jagodowski around the streets of New York before a gig at the Barrow Street Theater.
Then the movie turns into a concert film as director Alex Karpovsky captures the duo in fine live form. The connection they have onstage is remarkable. Like twins who finish each other’s sentences, Pasquesi and Jagodowski seem to share parallel thought patterns. Pasquesi appears to be in charge at first, but as the performance continues Jagodowski connects the dots to make the story work.
Karpovsky’s cinematic eye is able to turn two men on a stage with three chairs into an intimate, dynamic movie experience.
Screenings: 9:15 p.m. Friday, Alamo Ritz; 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Alamo Ritz; 8 p.m. March 20, Alamo Ritz.
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By Mark Piebenga
March 16, 2009 10:40 PM | Link to this
Please do yourself a favor and check this film out. These two gentlemen are the best improvisors working today.