Available on DVD! To buy, click on link(s) below and help keep this site afloat (commissions earned)   CLICK HERE to buy from V.O.D. Always make sure of DVD-compatibility!!!

Canadian stand-up comedian Richard Glen Lett isn't a performer to go on stage to be liked - in fact, one might go so far as to call him an insult comic, he's filled with rage, makes it a point not to be politically correct and throws his anger into all directions, and at times actually insults his audience. And for the longest time, he was held in high regard by the comic community - yet by 2009 he was already past his prime, and was a little too fond of dring and marihuana, and what's worse is he could not separate between his stage persona and his private self anymore, took his anger off stage, too, and this way got into fights with many of his employers. What's worse is, by that time he was also undergoing cancer treatment, and with that he couldn't take alcohol anymore - which only made him an unpredictable timebomb, just waiting to go up. And go up it did, as he first loses gig after gig, then gets kicked out of his apartment, doesn't even get his down payment back, and eventually skips town to try to pick up the pieces on his own ...

In a way, this film, or its first half anyways, feels a bit like watching a car crash - not by design, mind you, filmmaker Roy Tighe seems to just have met Richard Lett at a particular time in his life where thing's haven't been all rosey. But despite the car crash analogy, it goes to Tighe's credit that the film never feels purely voyeuristic but always treats its subject with respect and empathy, even if Lett's behaviour at times is outrageous, and roots for the guy all the way - just without sugarcoating things. Plus, Lett quite simply is a fascinating subject, and his often very offensive humour does usually hit the mark - on stage at least. And Tighe gives Lett enough space to just be himself, ultimately making this a rather compelling documentary.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

Feeling lucky? Want to search any of my partnershops yourself for more, better results? (commissions earned)

The links below will take you just there!!!

Find Never Be Done: The Richard Glen Lett Story at the amazons ...   amazon.com   amazon.co.uk   amazon.de Looking for imports? Find Never Be Done: The Richard Glen Lett Story here ...   eThaiCD.com Your shop for all things Thai

Thanks for watching !!!