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Afunnyworld wrote: Wed Jul 04, 2018 4:05 am Does anyone know what happened to the meet and greet drawings that were supposed to happen for the US shows? Shouldn't someone have spoken up about winning by now? Will the winners be announced or listed at some point? Maybe I just completely misunderstood what it was supposed to be...?

alittledizzy wrote: Tue Jul 03, 2018 10:56 pm

alittledizzy wrote: Wed Jul 04, 2018 6:48 pm Bit late but here's my 'review' which is not really a review and more just a collection of thoughts.

I'm not gonna do a full on part by part review because I feel like no one needs that from me, but I will say - I really enjoyed the show. Like honestly, legit had a fantastic time watching them on stage. I think this show is calmed than TATINOF, it is more real than TATINOF, and it is more enjoyable than TATINOF. I also think that was a show for an audience they were still actively pulling in, and this is a show for the audience they already have - which tbh was a smart move. Everything about it feels like it's Dan and Phil jumping into a conversation with people they feel already know them and it does make the show have a bit more of an intimate, close feel. The stage was also more sparse than I expected, and they just did less than I expected physically. I really, really like that. I like that so much of the show isn't moving and staging and pacing, that it's just them talking. The lack of props and their back and forth gives it a nice feel. I didn't hate TATINOF, I just didn't love it.

Stage presence wise, I feel similarly about this as I did TATINOF in that I think Dan looks more physically uncomfortable on stage than Phil. When I look at Dan, what I see is someone who is projecting an exaggerated stage presence. Phil is less exuberant, less precise with every gesture and move, and it comes across as a more natural feel. It's the one part of the show where they just feel like they're coming at it from slightly different angles, but I get why and tbh even that still feels very Dan and Phil. Dan is overthinking; Dan is acting. Phil is obviously saying things at points that are definitely scripted, but he's more self contained and it reads as a bit more graceful and fluid. He is just simply being Phil, talking to a crowd - slight awkwardness and weird gestures as part of the package. He reacts more and overthinks less, but his reactions aren't as exaggerated and therefore still come off as 'quieter' than Dan's responses to things. If you're someone who is drawn towards slightly larger than life personalities, I think you'd find Dan more appealing in this show. If you're someone who wants to feel like they're just watching them as people, I think you'll find Phil more appealing. That said, the moments they shine are still the ones in which they kind of forget the audience and play off each other.

A lot of the jokes that made me wince hearing them over and over again in show audios actually came off a lot better seeing the physical delivery. The atmosphere of just being there seeing them probably helped a lot. And I will still defend cereal and houseplant jokes (not loki. fuck loki. but besides that.) because this is not 2016 Dan wearing a llama suit when llamas hadn't been relevant to him in at least four years. Yeah, both the audience and deps themselves make a lot of jokes about houseplants and cereal - but Phil Lester is genuinely a sugary snack inhaling machine and they do genuinely both have a house full of plants. Phandom will always beat a joke to death, but the ones they're beating now are a reflection of who Dan and Phil are now and I dig that.

The other thing that I definitely already knew but still just truly fucking enjoyed is how queer this show is. I don't mean in the phan sense, but just in how male attraction and male mentions are woven into the show and accepted as absolutely normal and not a point of humor in and of themselves to Dan, Phil, or the audience.

alittledizzy wrote: Thu Jul 05, 2018 2:02 am So according to fan sightings they flew in today, ate at Denny's, and watched fireworks on the beach. I feel like in an hour or two we might get some beachy firework-y instagram stories. And if not, I definitely pout, because I want beach-y firework instagram stories.

ratlad wrote: Thu Jul 05, 2018 3:06 am oh what the fuck is all of this.............. SITTING on a tiny beach towel together?? AT THE BEACH??? then had the NERVE to post a selfie and caption it "stripes and stars" ??? JUST LETTING US KNOW THEY'RE FUCKING COORDINATING??? and they DARINGLY went to Denny's together beforehand and then HAD THE AUDACITY to watch FIREWORKS????

rizzo wrote: Thu Jul 05, 2018 3:00 am No, you're emotional over these two idiots sharing their love and adventures with us.