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Written by Catharina Robbertze - Thursday, 09 September 2010 15:39
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![]( "Kevin Bloody Wilson doing what he does best") You can know for certain that no amount of soap could clean his mouth, but I suspect Kevin Bloody Wilson doesn’t give a %*@£.
This world-famous Australian comedian recently included Nelspruit in his South African tour for the first time, to share his unique humour with Lowvelders. There are many words to describe Wilson's show, but none of them can be printed in this paper so I'm afraid I have to resort to a vague description.
He has been called hilarious, funny, rude, vulgar and many other things but Wilson's recipe seems to be working because there aren't many international performers who can travel to small places like Nelspruit and pull a crowd big enough to fill the Emnotweni Arena.
The R-rated warning gave some sort of an indication of what was about to happen on stage, but I think many people were still caught unawares when the first $*£& came out of his mouth. Though some may find him genuinely funny, I think a lot of the laughs were the result of a nervous reflex from shock and horror more than anything else. Although being politically incorrect was a relief for a while, after about an hour of listening to Wilson, his insistence on being politically incorrect seemed more like an excuse for showing disrespect, than anything else.
However, some of his jokes were funny and I must admit, I did laugh. Wilson's show was preceded by a short stint by his daughter Jenny Talia. The topics she sang about started just below the belt and descended rapidly with every new song. Although she gets close, her mouth is not quite as filthy as her dad's but one thing is sure, she knows men. She managed to sum them up so accurately that all the men in the audience became quieter as the performance went on.
However, when her father stepped on stage the men piped up again and enjoyed his brand of humour more because he, of course, took their side.
Though a few variations on the theme would have been welcome, most of the crowd were laughing most of the time. To those who didn't enjoy the show, I suspect Wilson would say, "Dilligaf".
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