Finding a way to be offensive to the maximum number of senses. Impressions: This show is… exhausting on every level. Painful even. Well beyond just being boring or soulless. There are very few moments in it that don't have someone petulantly yelling in rapidfire even while loud music blasts out and the colors assault the […]
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