Duck and cover

I saw black on broadway the other night while killing some time in the hotel. Having never heard of Lewis Black before, I had no preconceptions, but found him pretty funny.

The bit about frightening the hell out of school children with movies about atomic weapons followed by lectures about getting under our desks in the event of a civil defense alarm brought back many childhood memories (like this original government movie and a modernized Sim people version which is quite funny). It was nice to see that I wasn't alone in my childhood terror or my perception that the adults spouting this nonsense had zero connection to reality. Black's vision of charred teachers and unharmed children cowering under their desks after an attack grabbed my attention and made me laugh out loud.

If you like dark (Black?) humor and don't mind profanity it's worth a look. Given that it's being shown by HBO, it could be there forever.