Review of Robin Williams: Live on Broadway (2002) by Steve G — 19 May 2008

Robin Williams is the Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde of comedy. By day, he's a reliably milquetoast nice guy who does movies so sappy/sweet that vials of insulin should be handed out with the tickets.

But by night, he turns into Mr. Hyde, and when he does, few living comedians compare.

This performance is a study of that transition. He starts out a little too Jekyll; his "dangerous" comedy isn't all that dangerous, and some isn't even that funny.

But the longer he's on stage, the more he let's Hyde out, until, toward the end, Id has conquered Superego, Williams is in full Hyde mode, and there is virtually no trace of the good doctor left.