Jav Jaquin: The Legend of the Card Ninja (NZ)
Fringe Bar, Cnr Cuba & Vivian, Wellington
28/04/2010 - 01/05/2010
Assembly @ Assembly Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland
11/08/2010 - 29/08/2010
NZ International Comedy Festival 2010
Production Details
Venue: The Fringe Bar, Cnr Cuba & Vivian Sts, City
Tickets: Adults $18 / Conc. $16 / Groups 10+ $15
Bookings: Ticketek , 0800Ticketek www.ticketek.co.nzShow Duration: 1 hour
Website: www.featureact.co.nz
Legend of the Card Ninja
Comedy: Javier Jarquin
Assembly @ Assembly Hall
www.assemblyfestival.com
11-29 August
21:15 pm
1 hour
Suitability: 14+
1hr
Laugh and/or be impressed
Review by Phoebe Smith 29th Apr 2010
Javier Jarquin’s Legend of the Card Ninja is a confident and slick combination of his impressive card tricks and his showman’s stand up.
There is a charming, smarmy, carny quality to his delivery of ninja card tricks and it is a pleasure to witness Jarquin’s honed skills working in tandem as he attempts to be not only funny and not only a ninja, but an ambitious combination of the two.
The large majority of the almost full opening night house would say he succeeds, his borderline arrogant delivery seating him firmly in the boys’ club of stand up comedy – though a couple of soft rape jokes may sit uncomfortably with some.
Jarquin is like a different performer from the slightly less nervous half of a double-act from Christchurch seen at last year’s comedy festival. He takes the stage as his own and is ready to bat anything the audience throws at him.
You will probably laugh and even if you don’t, you will be impressed.
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Comments
Javier Jarquin April 30th, 2010
Hi Pheobe,
Thanks for the review. I did not realise that I had 'soft rape jokes' in my show, several people who came to opening night and read your review have asked me where said material was in the show. I can only assume you are referring to either my mention of ninjas sneaking in and out of people's beds - which I did not mean to imply rape at all, in fact I talk about cuddles after that - or my analogy of my snoring being like a chainsaw raping a lawnmower which I will now ammend.
I apologise for any offence this may have caused. Please consider my show now completely 'soft rape' free.