Dane Cook coming to Bway in FAT PIG this Spring

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Dane Cook coming to Bway in FAT PIG this Spring

Posted: 11/18/10 at 10:46am

Love this show; hate Cook. Here's hoping he surprises.

Would this be considered a new play?
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Updated On: 11/18/10 at 10:46 AM

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Dane Cook coming to Bway in FAT PIG this Spring

Posted: 11/18/10 at 11:01am

I actually feel that Cook is a pretty good choice for this role. He definitely fits the material well.

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Dane Cook coming to Bway in FAT PIG this Spring

Posted: 11/18/10 at 11:13am

Dane is a perfect fit for the part.

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Dane Cook coming to Bway in FAT PIG this Spring

Posted: 11/18/10 at 11:14am

Whelp, there's one show I can save my money by not seeing. ugh- such a disgusting and not funny man. Looks like someone is having a last ditch effort to save his career.

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Dane Cook coming to Bway in FAT PIG this Spring

Posted: 11/18/10 at 11:47am

And now commence the fantasy casting of the two females roles.

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Dane Cook coming to Bway in FAT PIG this Spring

Posted: 11/18/10 at 12:04pm

Agreed on Cook being well suited to the material. I usually don't like him at all, but I thought he was surprisingly okay in "Dan in Real Life", a movie I love.

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Dane Cook coming to Bway in FAT PIG this Spring

Posted: 11/18/10 at 12:19pm

Is Fat Pig funny? Dane Cook sure isn't.

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Dane Cook coming to Bway in FAT PIG this Spring

Posted: 11/18/10 at 12:47pm

From what I remember of the material, it's a drama with it's moments of comedy but that character Cook will be playing, Carter, is sort of an ex-frat boy type character. He thinks he's funny and witty but he's not necessarily. That's what I remember of the show at least, I may not be right.

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Dane Cook coming to Bway in FAT PIG this Spring

Posted: 11/18/10 at 12:52pm

"He thinks he's funny and witty but he's not necessarily."

Then Dane Cook is perfect.

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Dane Cook coming to Bway in FAT PIG this Spring

Posted: 11/18/10 at 1:04pm

Snooki as Helen.
Megan Fox as Jeannie.

Tonys all around.

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Dane Cook coming to Bway in FAT PIG this Spring

Posted: 11/18/10 at 1:13pm

Ugh. I don't think I could sit through two hours of Dane Cook just on principle.

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Dane Cook coming to Bway in FAT PIG this Spring

Posted: 11/18/10 at 8:27pm

Are we sure he's playing the Jeremy Piven role? Cause Cook would actually be more perfectly cast as the snarky co-worker...

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Dane Cook coming to Bway in FAT PIG this Spring

Posted: 11/18/10 at 8:48pm

Looks like someone is having a last ditch effort to save his career.

I can't stand him, but isn't he like the most successful comedian around?

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Dane Cook coming to Bway in FAT PIG this Spring

Posted: 11/18/10 at 9:12pm

yes he is the most commercially successful comedian right now and he's in high demand. his handful of film roles however are not much to speak of and most of his film roles have been disasters. Say what you will but you can't dispute the fact that he's has a very commercially successful career.

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Dane Cook coming to Bway in FAT PIG this Spring

Posted: 11/18/10 at 9:25pm

He is commercially successful among 11-year olds who find his fart, fat and body odor jokes hilarious. Everyone else thinks he's an idiot. Especially anyone else in the comedy world.

And Holbee- if you read the original post and article, he is playing the snarky co-worker, not the Jeremy Piven role.

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Dane Cook coming to Bway in FAT PIG this Spring

Posted: 11/18/10 at 11:52pm

I'll confess I don't know who Dane Cook is. Andrew McCarthy was terrific in the part off-Broadway.

I think this is Neil LaBute's best play, and I'll be interested in seeing it again.

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Dane Cook coming to Bway in FAT PIG this Spring

Posted: 11/18/10 at 11:54pm

Dane Cook's stand up isn't funny. But he's not an awful actor. And this is like the perfect role for him.

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Dane Cook coming to Bway in FAT PIG this Spring

Posted: 11/19/10 at 12:05am

I've watched at least five of his stand-up specials, and didn't laugh once. BUT, he is a surprisingly adept actor.

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Dane Cook coming to Bway in FAT PIG this Spring

Posted: 11/19/10 at 12:08am

So is this production directly related to the smashing success of REASONS TO BE PRETTY?

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Dane Cook coming to Bway in FAT PIG this Spring

Posted: 11/19/10 at 12:15am

To each his own. I find Dane Cook funny. He's not brilliant, but he does make me laugh.

In 2007, Forbes Magazine estimated his earnings for the year at $9 million. In the last five years, he has starred in 10 films, and has 3 upcoming projects.(many of which were stinkers, but some were hysterical). He has released 5 shows on CD/DVD. Retaliation became the highest charting comedy album in 28 years. He has toured the country with his comedy show three times.

All the above since 2003.

Doesn't sound like a career that needs saving with a stint on broadway.

I'm looking forward to seeing what he can do.

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Dane Cook coming to Bway in FAT PIG this Spring

Posted: 11/19/10 at 1:41am

Ironically, 2003 was right around the time Cook took a turn for the worse. I first saw him in 99. Hilarious. Saw him at Carolines several times from 2000-2003, always a great, and very very funny show.

Then literally, the second he really blew up - he lost it completely. Watching his later stuff, like Retaliation, is just depressing. He was so, so, so funny. But the Dane Cook America knows (and mostly hates) has has been pretty awful. It's arena rock comedy, which deserves the ridicule it receives.

Very sad.