{"id":163,"date":"2010-06-01T08:03:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-01T12:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/2010\/06\/01\/eddie-izzard-massey-hall-toronto-may-30-2010"},"modified":"2015-10-21T22:05:37","modified_gmt":"2015-10-22T02:05:37","slug":"eddie-izzard-massey-hall-toronto-may-30-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=163","title":{"rendered":"Eddie Izzard @ Massey Hall, Toronto &#8211; May 30, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday night, I went to see Eddie Izzard&#8217;s &#8216;Stripped&#8217; stand-up comedy performance at Massey Hall in Toronto for his May 30th show. Entering the stage in 8&#8243; stilettos, very skinny jeans and a blazer with tails (with pink lining), he immediately won over the audience making reference to his transvestite attire. The show poked fun at the &#8216;history of the world&#8217; and religion with many dialogue style skits. It was brutally honest, scathing, and pushing the boundaries of offensiveness especially with respect to religion. The first half was definitely stronger than the second, but enjoyable throughout.<\/p>\n<p>Here is Eddie&#8217;s hilarious Darth Vader \/ Death Star canteen skit done with Lego animation:<\/p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Sv5iEK-IEzw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<p>It is definitely worth seeing his show if it makes its way to your city \/ town.<\/p>\n<p>YPB x<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Sunday night, I went to see Eddie Izzard&#8217;s &#8216;Stripped&#8217; stand-up comedy performance at Massey Hall in Toronto for his May 30th show. Entering the stage <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=163\" title=\"Eddie Izzard @ Massey Hall, Toronto &#8211; May 30, 2010\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17195,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[25,36],"tags":[274,3573,415,3207,748,1239],"class_list":["post-163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-live","category-toronto","tag-comedy-2","tag-death-star-canteen","tag-eddie-izzard-2","tag-live","tag-massey-hall-2","tag-toronto-2"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/eddie-izzard.jpg?fit=290%2C253&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-2D","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12218,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=12218","url_meta":{"origin":163,"position":0},"title":"Hayden shares new single + announces latest album","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"January 29, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Toronto's Hayden with release his 8th album\u00a0entitled 'Hey Love' on March 24 via\u00a0Arts & Crafts. 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