Day twenty-two: The Rebel Cell

Not the best, but it was entertaining. Its self-description was "8 Mile meets 1984." Pretty appropriate, actually. It takes place in 2013, and is about a British guy who calls himself Dizraeli, who's in prison for starting riots in England and is suspected of bombing the 2012 London Olympics. He's interviewed by a journalist from Vancouver, B.C., who we later find out used to be his friend that he rapped with about problems with the world. A lot of the show is flashbacks (that take place in 2009...hey, clever) to when they did shows together. They had a lot of audience participation; it was kind of funny and pretty fun to watch. Unfortunately, the guy who plays the friend from Vancouver is tragically bad at rapping, and not much better at acting. I'm not really sure why he was cast in that role. Actually, he was supposed to be a pretty bad rapper in the show, but since he lacked much presence onstage in general, it didn't seem funny, just...bad. The other guy was pretty good, though. Not something I'd see again, but I did laugh a fair amount, so not a wasted ticket.