Reels of Regret: Confessions of a Failed Filmmaker
Comedy (stand-up, dark comedy)
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Venue 24Gilded Balloon Patter House - The Penny
- 21:00
- Aug 25
- 1 hour
- Country: United States
- Group: Ines Wurth Presents
- Warnings and additional info: Audience participation, Contains distressing or potentially triggering themes, Scenes of a sexual nature, Strong language/swearing
- Babes in arms policy: Babies do not require a ticket
- Policy applies to: Children under 2 years
Description
You know those people who tell you to aim for the moon and you'll land on the stars? Yeah, those people are a**holes. Filmmaker Christina Jobe's new stand-up show explains how a strict Conservative Christian upbringing isn't the best foundation for a career in entertainment. From accidentally going on a date with a septuagenarian, escaping the grasp of a frenzied holistic nutritionist, filming people who are filming porn, with a smattering of opioids along the way, this show explores how what you get is rarely what you want.Please note that while all media gallery content is provided by verified members of the event, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society does not review or approve this content before it is posted. Reports of inappropriate content or copyright infringement can be directed to [email protected].
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Heather Gregg 17 days ago
A missed opportunity for a visual storyteller/filmmaker to use visual elements like some film clips or photos or pop up banners.
Maddie E. 18 days ago
I didn’t know what to expect going in, but I loved it! My favorite show of the fringe! It’s funny, well written, and very dark and twisted!
James 19 days ago
Very funny show. I enjoyed it. Memorable and bold.
I do wonder what her Dad thinks of a certain scene in the show!
Fred 20 days ago
Her content is interesting and she has some good material to work with but the delivery is a little un-engaging and mundane at times. If you like more laid back comedians then you might enjoy it but I feel it could benefit from a bit more snappiness or liveliness.
Marlene Jobe 21 days ago
My family and I came out from California to support my sister and see her show. It was the most uncomfortable 60 minutes of all of our lives. It’s been a week and we’re still not making eye contact. I’m thinking about skipping Christmas.
Ian Mantgani 22 days ago
Surprising, deadpan and very funny performance from Christina Jobe. It starts like it’s going to be a series of loose anecdotes from a Seventh Day Adventist who discovered the inanity of sin city, but it uses the increasingly absurd memories of the Hollywood production line to get somewhere surreal, bone-dry and well worth seeing.
JOYCE 23 days ago
She was funny and endearing!
Peter Hindsgaul 23 days ago
It was pure coincidence that I bought a ticket to Christina Jobe's show, but I'm glad I did. Christina tells a grim story with both an incredible amount of humor and deep seriousness.
I can highly recommend Reels of Regret: Confessions of a Failed Filmmaker.
I hope she'll do a show next year.
peter at hindsgaul.dk
Róbert Papp 26 days ago
Second funniest show I've seen during 9 days at Fringe. Totally worth seeing her performance! Her stories are interesting and captivating, writing is genius. She delivers every amazingly crafted sentence with dead serious conviction, while the audience is laughing out loud, almost every time. I know "that's just stand-up", but she's a "good person", you can take her word on that.
Tristan Selvage 31 days ago
Very strong, unpredictable standup telling the genuinely very interesting, wacky stories about working in filmmaking. Christina Jobe is a fantastic performer, and the show goes in some unexpected and very memorable directions.
Honey Butler 32 days ago
Loved this. My favourite kind of conversational comedy, with great stories and a cute, quirky delivery. Stories about making a two shot sandwich ad for a whopping $700k (the logo had a budget of its own), and filming a music video on the World's Most Dangerous Road were cleverly done. Sleeping with your Dad was all a bit weird, but our regretful young performer just about carried it off. Highly recommend.
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