Ever felt pissed off by websites and forms which insist you rate your 'experience' of something you had little choice in anyway? Mr Gordillo certainly has and he relates, and shows, some of the worst examples. Highlighting the way in which big companies like Virgin Trains and Pret A Manger try to manipulate our emotions to cover up their essential rapaciousness. He's honest about his own failings and how, despite knowing what is being done to him, he too succumbs on occasion to corporate blandishments.
This is isn't the funniest show on the Fringe, although there are plenty of laughs, but it is one where you find yourself nodding in agreement and recognition a lot. Gordillo takes the thoughts we've all had and expresses them better than we ever could. With punchlines. If you despair of the rabid monetisation of everything in life then this is the show for you.
Recommended.
John Gordillo : Love Capitalism is at Stand 2 until 28 August.
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