Emil Jensen

Emil Jensen (Spoken Word-show). Cafe Barbro, Malmö 12/10/06

This was the second of two nights where Emil was recording a "sound-book" (I don't really know the differences between this and a CD but never mind). One and a half hours of spoken word, but it wasn't boring for a second!

Emil is very entertaining and rarely fun at other people's expense. If anything it's his great self irony which makes him fun to listen to. It's far from classical stand-up comedy as this is much more intelligent. Some of his work are actually referred to as stand-up tragedy, but it's still very entertaining. Some jokes are told through brilliant poems, others in true stories from his own life and often with a political touch. For example, one number was about the riots in Gothenburg in 2001 and the scandalous juridical process that followed. It's amazing to create a laughter from something like that, but Emil did.

His work are generally both thoughtful and easy to laugh to at the same time. And that is because the words in themselves are as important as the punchlines. The record ("book") will be released in the beginning of December. You won't find a better christmas gift to give away this year (if you, unlike me, still give presents)! A great evening! Rating:+++++ in a Spoken Word context (impossible to compare it to a concert).

I forgot the camera once again!:-(