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  • Summary: Performance artist Reno's rapid-fire witness of the events of September 11th -- of the day itself and of the country?s response, how they affected her personally and in the context of the world at large.
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  1. Positive: 2 out of 7
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  1. 70
    What seems like a nut-on-a-bar-stool rant morphs into a triumphal evocation of the emotional-political bluster of that time.
  2. 60
    For a comedian who thrives on spontaneity, the heart of Reno's act seems conspicuously canned.
  3. 60
    Director Nancy Savoca's no-frills record of a show forged in still-raw emotions captures the unsettled tenor of that post 9-11 period far better than a more measured or polished production ever could.
  4. 50
    The tiny stage can barely contain Reno's gale-force personality, as she paces and rants a stream-of-conscious monologue.

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