The show itself consisted primarily of Buxton introducing interesting and creative music videos, and then gently mocking the YouTube comments posted about each piece. It's a great formula for Buxton, as the constant releasing of new videos and idiotic comments provides him with regular fresh material for each show, none of which he actually has to write himself.
That said, he did do a short self-penned section at the start, in which he took centre stage and used Apple's Keynote presentation software to take us through the ins and outs of a recent earache he suffered, and the resulting embarrassment as his condition was mocked on the local news as being not worthy of attention from his local A&E department.
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The YouTube comment-mocking, whilst not a particularly original source of comedy, produced some big laughs as Buxton injected each comment with extra character, utilising a variety of silly accents and some deft zooming with his presentation software. Most amusing were the wind-up merchants (I believe the correct term is 'trolls'), posting ridiculously offensive and deliberately ignorant-sounding comments to rile fans of the artists, who would always take the comments and themselves far too seriously.
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| Darwin Deez: looks like an unused 'Nathan Barley' character being played by a young Chris Morris to me... |
Overall a highly worthwhile experience. Sure, you don't need to go to a cinema with Adam Buxton in it to watch YouTube videos and laugh at the comments, but for someone like me who doesn't tend to spend hours idly browsing through internet content channels, I can't think of a nicer way to encounter some new bands and video artists than to experience their work on a gigantic screen with an appropriately chest-shuddering sound system. And there were more than enough laughs to keep the audience engaged and prevent it just being a rather dry procession of short musical films.
