Show Rating:

OK, so this is the sort of show that initially makes the heart sink - a slick American stand-up talking about how men and women are different.

And, initially, there's nothing to dispel that stereotype as what seems to be another Indentikit comic ingratiates himself with the audience.

But once he gets under way, Dugan does prove himself a cut above the crowd.
There are some truly great lines here, as well as some genuinely intelligent and thought-provoking ideas on men's attitudes to sex and relationships.

His analysis on every aspect of the subject, from lap dance clubs to marriage, reveals devastatingly accurate secrets about the male thought process that we'd be happier kept quiet - all punctuated with some spot-on gags.

The conclusion is a bit of an anticlimax, though, as Los Angelino Dugan gets precipitously close to some of the touchy-feeling nonsense he had previously ridiculed.

And although men's faults are plentiful, we are not all the sports-obsessed, porn-consuming two-timing shits that he ultimately portrays, making his suggested 'solutions' seem a little preachy and self-congratulatory.

But it was a fun and involving journey getting there.