A few minutes of audience interaction to get underway, with unpredictable consequences. A starting gambit favoured by many stand-ups, and Hills is as good as any, looking relaxed and never making anyone uncomfortable. On this occasion it produced a memorable moment, which proved worthy of a call-back at the end.
Then into the show. Adam is famous for championing the rights of people with disabilities, so he began with some of his own experiences. Notably playing disability rugby league, and realising that he had to overcome his own sense of fair play to use his opponents' disabilities against them. As they did against him. Which makes his point for him. Treat people as people, not as something alien. That theme continued into other subject, like muslims and trans people, and how, like all of us, they just want to live their own lives without the shit our society is dealing out to them. Sober subjects, but never awkward in Hillspeak, with so many great lines to soften the seriousness of the content.
He ends up talking about his own kids, and how his parenting skills struggle when they can be as funny as him, but also inappropriate. And this too fits into the overall theme of the show, which is about being tolerant, thinking about others, and learning that sometimes it's best to say nothing.
Very funny, warm, often wise. Hills makes you feel a bit better about the world, more hopeful at a time when hatred and violence seem to be overwhelming us. And how simple that really is to do.
He even sum sit up in just four words - Don't be a dick. And let some mariachi into your life. One of the most important shows on the Fringe.
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