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One-man comedy equal parts absurd and hilarious

By Roger Moroney
Hawkes Bay Today·
27 Oct, 2015 03:00 AM2 mins to read

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Arthur Meek plays Richard Meros, who is convinced Hillary Clinton's success depends on him.

Arthur Meek plays Richard Meros, who is convinced Hillary Clinton's success depends on him.

The core ingredients to this unique comic recipe are quite straight forward.

Richard Meros, an over-educated amorous man with a slightly colourful political plan for Mrs Clinton (involving himself) and a Powerpoint presentation.

Although it also features one of the most colourful titles a brief but slick and funny "presentation" to an audience can have.

"On the Conditions of Hillary Clinton Taking me as Her Young Lover."

Yes, well, okay.

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It is the creation of Kiwi Arthur Meek and Geoff Pinfold, adapted from a book by Richard Meros and performed by Meek, who takes the role of Meros.

The show/presentation is part of the Harcourts Hawke's Bay Art Festival and will be staged at The Famous Spiegeltent on the Havelock North Domain at 10pm on Saturday, October 31.

The notes for the show are indeed intriguing. It introduces the audience (who will find themselves involved in proceedings from time to time) being introduced to Richard Mero, BA.

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"An over-educated under-achiever" who will attempt to prove his amorous point - that by Hillary Clinton taking him as her young lover prior to the 2016 US Presidential election she will attain the world's highest office.

It is an angle familiar to Meek - he has performed in a show titled On the Conditions and Possibilities of Helen Clark taking Me as her Young Lover.

The amorous character Mr Mero, in addressing his potential audience, puts it this way: "In my capacity as self-proclaimed Mouthpiece of the Millenials, I humbly request the pleasure of your company for my delightfully earnest and insightful state-of-the-nations address."

He said he wanted to "dance" his guests through what he called the pop-cultural slipstream "and lovingly detonate my nuclear-powerpoint in your eyes and ears. I hope to entice you to accompany me on the campaign trail."

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He would stop at nothing, he insisted, to prove that a proud Kiwi was in the position to initiate the 'goldenest age of western culture and society simply by becoming Hillary Clinton's young lover".

One critic described the show as an anarchic and incisive journey into the hot and heavy heart of western civilisation.

It was filled with political digs and strange esoteric references, and drew plenty of laughs.

It possessed, one critic said, just the "right amount of wrong".

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