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In what essentially mirrors the plot of Who Framed Roger Rabbit? but with ghouls instead of 'toons, The Adventures of Dex Dixon follows the washed-up titular detective as he attempts to unravel a plot to throw open the rift between Our Fair City and paranormal dimension, Night Side.
Portland writer and performance vet Steve Coker (Grimm, Leverage, Varsity Cheerleader Werewolves Live From Outer Space) retools his original screenplay into the musical noir comedy, with moderate success.
There are dick jokes aplenty and an enthusiastic cast sporting a baffling range of accents, and the humor more or less carries, with some clever entendres woven throughout the buckshot of penis puns.
But for a musical, the weakest part of this is the music itself, with most numbers falling flat and bogging down the pace. The show could be better served by cutting the musical element to highlight the campy, self-aware dialogue. As is, Paranormal Dick falls a little limp.
GO: Brunish Theater, 1111 SW Broadway. 7:30 pm Thursday-Friday and 2 pm Saturday-Sunday, Jan. 28-31. $25.
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