Charlie Sheen Detroit show “unmitigated disaster”
Poor Charlie needs something, but no one, including him, has any idea what that might be. Money didn’t help, nor does drugs, booze, women, adulation and etc. so what might save the embattled star of Two and a Half Men?
Well it certainly isn’t giving live performances if what happened in the Motor City is any indication.
He was literally booed off stage by fans on the first night of his Violent Torpedo Of Truth: Defeat Is Not An Option one-man show in Detroit.
The former Two And A Half Men star had initially been greeted with thunderous applause, but fans reportedly began to walk out within 15 minutes.
Sheen had promised to tell “the real story”, but critics said he instead gave “a series of nonsensical rants”.
The show ended after an hour when Sheen failed to return after a musical break.
Entertainment Weekly described the show as an “unmitigated disaster”.
“The padded and disjointed show was a hodgepodge of video clips and Sheen-isms that felt hastily assembled and misjudged the patience of even the hardest of hardcore fans,” it said.
The Hollywood Reporter said: “Call it ‘tiger blood’ or ‘Adonis DNA’ if you will. Just don’t call it entertainment.”
Sheen opened with a monologue saying: “I am finally here to identify and train the Vatican assassin locked inside each and every one of you.”
After talking about his “napalm dripping brain” and describing himself as “a giant and leaky bag of mayhem”, he added: “Is anybody else as confused by this as I am?”
He also showed film clips including one he wrote, produced and directed entitled RPG, but was abruptly halted after more booing from the audience.
The 45-year-old responded to one heckle by saying: “I already got your money, dude.”
He later told the crowd the show was “an experiment” adding: “You paid your hard-earned money without knowing what this show was about.”
Fans walked out chanting “Refund!” and were quick to express their disappointment outside.
“I was hoping for something. I didn’t think it would be this bad,” said Linda Fugate from Detroit, who said she paid $150 (£93) for two tickets.
“I expected him to at least entertain a little bit. It was just a bunch of ranting,” said Rodney Gagnon, who travelled from Ontario in Canada for the show.
Curiously that “ranting” seemed to have enlarged his fan base, at least until before Detroit. Let us know what you think about Charlie……
Time for Charlie to get himself some professional help. He’s a trainwreck. He’s also an egotistical, spoiled brat who needs to be slapped upside the head and told he isn’t as important in the big scheme of things as he thinks he is. I am beyond tired of him and his bullshit.
At first I was amused, then mildly entertained, now I could care less. I agree Charlie needs help.
My understanding is that he pulled it together again for his Chicago show.
Who would have thought that he would be a greater success without the train wreck routine (well, other than his publicist, that is)?