Last month we learned that trainwreck mess Charlie Sheen was planning a comedy tour around the US in an attempt to cash in on the notoriety his crazy behavior of late has generated. Dubbed the My Violent Torpedo of Truth / Defeat is Not an Option tour, Sheen kicked off his show in Detroit, MI last night. As I understand it, there was considerable interest in the show before Sheen took the stage.
But once he started doing, well, whatever it is that he does on stage, the audience got bored and started heckling him before they got angry and started booing him … before they got fed up and walked out of the theater. By pretty much all accounts, Charlie Sheen bombed on his first night as a stand up comic … which, really, should come as no surprise to anyone.
The 20-minute speech included many of his catchphrases, along with sayings like, “one giant heartbeat and one conscious thought.” But about 30 minutes into the show, the usual Sheen-isms started to sound old and tired. From the men’s restroom to the expensive seats in front, it was a restless crowd, delivering plenty of jeers and only a few cheers.
The show had video montages throughout, including a “20/20″ outtake reel that showed off his self-deprecating sense of humor. His so-called goddesses helped him burn a “Two and a Half Men” bowling shirt. Before it was all over, he asked the crowd if the goddesses should come out again.The show started well for Sheen, as the crowd stood and cheered as he and the women he calls his "goddesses" took the stage.
The women, one a former porn star and the other an actress, carried signs with the words "War" and "Lock," references to one of the catchphrases Sheen recently coined.
The actor is due to bring his live show to Chicago tonight. The Chicago Tribune reports that toward the end of the Detroit show, catcalls drowned out both a guest appearance by rapper Simon Rex and a video based on Snoop Dogg's collaboration with Sheen, a new song all about "winning."
The Detroit Free Press says Sheen's debut concert, advertised with the tag line 'Defeat is Not an Option,' ended 70 minutes after the star took the stage, with fans leaving "disappointed" and "angry." A local radio host, Drew Lane, said the tour will surely jeopardize Sheen's career: "It was bad.People were upset.He's a movie star, not a stand-up comic."
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