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Friday's Scoop: Tig Notaro, Faux Spiritual Guru
Almost break-out comedian Tig Notaro tells jokes at Largo, while a documentary about a faux spiritual guru screens at the Silent Movie Theatre.
Greetings and welcome to City Scoop. Today is Friday, August 3, the 216th day of 2012. Here’s what’s going on in West Hollywood today.
A master of deadpan delivery, comedian Tig Notaro knows how to make the most innocuous statement seem funny. With appearances on the Sarah Silverman Show, Community and The Office under her belt, Entertainment Weekly named the comic as someone who seems ready to break out into stardom at a moment’s notice. That moment could come tonight as Notaro does her stand-up routine at , joined by Mary Lynn Rajskub, Ed Helms and Bill Burr. Doors open at 7:30 p.m., show at 9 p.m.
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Much like Borat before him, filmmaker Vikram Gandhi posed as a spiritual guru, setting up shop as a yoga master in Phoenix and filming the interactions with the flock of people who came to him. Different from Borat, after a time Gandhi then revealed himself to the flock as a fraud. The result is a hilarious yet also moving documentary named Kumare which won the Audience Award at South by Southwest in 2011. The Silent Movie Theatre, 611 Fairfax Ave. offers Kumare for a one-week run, the director appearing for a Q&A following many of the screenings.
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Anytime is the right time for a drag show, but once the sun goes down, the illusion seems more real. And after a few drinks, it seems ever realer. offers its weekly “Pumped” drag show featuring Detox, Wendy Ho. Vicky Vox and Miss Conception starting at 10 p.m.
Bands Playing in Town
- Midcity with CBG, Polyester the Saint and Connor Evans at the Roxy Theatre. Show starts at 7:15 p.m.
- Liknuts (Alkaholics & Beatnuts) at the Key Club. Doors open at 7:30 p.m., show at 8 p.m.
- Lonely Drunks Club Band with Hillbilly Herald, Rubylith, MK4, Future Villains and Little Miss Nasty at the Viper Room. Doors open at 7:30 p.m.
- Spineshank with Mureau, Fight the War and Shattered S at the Whisky a Go Go. Doors open at 8 p.m.
- Pacific with the Knitts, Golly Gee Whiz, Them Guns, Concrete Rivers and Jamie Alirmorad at the Troubadour. Doors open at 8 p.m.
