JON BENNET: HOW I LEARNED TO HUG - VAN FRINGE 2018

~ video review by Karen Flynn

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WRITTEN REVIEW BY KAREN ROLLER:
Jon Bennett’s How I Learned to Hug is a fast paced story of Jon’s trials and tribulations with love starting with grade school and including losing his virginity. But don’t worry he takes time to breathe.. and to run.. run so far away.  With a few visual aids such as a projection screen and a pink satin dress he shares his most embarrassing moments including his horrible tattoo while he manages to incorporate references to his other project Pretending Things are a Cock. I think anyone who has loved and lost can relate to this piece and Bennett helps us realize that it’s okay to laugh at yourself and move on.  Engaging, humorous and vulnerable he is a great storyteller and worth seeing.

~ written review by Karen Roller