Naked Pictures of my life is a no holds barred look at Petes life as he approaches middle age and starts to experience and think about aging. From his wifes aggressive pregnant demands, to why you should never get a genital piercing, he lays himself bare in this show in the Underbelly.He is by his own admission a slightly chubby, sweaty North American. His wry account of his struggles with his aging body strike a chord with the older folk and a chord of fear in the youngsters. He explores how he has challenged the prejudices his staunch Catholic parents drilled into him, exploring, for example, why hes ended up working out a gay gym.In less skilled hands the shows obsession with genitals, sex and farting could end up being offensive, unpleasant testosterone driven stand up. Instead, its very funny, with Johansson is laughing at himself, and at the whole of man- and woman- kind. Hes not picking favourites, not trying to prove that men are better than women or vice versa. Theres no trace of misogyny, and its clear that he means it when he tells us how much he loves his wife.The audience on Sunday night were loving him, hooting with laughter. He builds an excellent rapport, which allows him to get away with some graphic humour with laid back style. With this standard of debut show, Johansson is sure to become a Fringe favourite, delivering some of the best stand up Ive seen this year.
