Rap Guide to Human Nature

Here is a extremely entertaining show that conveys more scientific and theoretical information than any other show I have seen. But it is still very funny. There is a line about menstruation that had most of the audience gagging. There is stuff about ovulation. There is material about the evolution of gayness and how it has been observed in something approaching 200 non-human species.Does this sound heavy? I haven’t mentioned the creationism section – including Baba getting the audience to be aggressive, singing a creationist chorus while he carries rationally on. He’s especially good on the instinctive ways that women select a mate suited to them – and makes a point of how these natural functions tend to be flatlined by the contraceptive pill. Hence disillusionment when the pill is no longer in the diet – and maybe an increase in divorces.This is a great show to see if you want to be caught up by some very original gags, to have an active part in the proceedings (at one point Baba asks the audience what they feel he has not covered, and then brings several suggestions into his next song – a very quick thinker, this guy!) and to leave feeling you know more about your behaviour and that of those around you. And maybe even more about spiritualism. Oh –and it really is enormous fun!

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The Blurb

Fringe First winner 2009 for 'his brilliantly conceived, effervescently performed,' (Scotsman, 'Rap Guide to Evolution'); Baba Brinkman returns with a dangerous new comedy rap invention. Gangsters, gold-diggers, and the science of behaviour. www.babasword.com

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