Tough
Joff Schmidt | CBC News | Posted: July 22, 2017 3:35 PM | Last Updated: July 22, 2017
Tough brings out the sweetness in heroine despite an uneven performance
Rating: ★★★
Company: Erin Rodgers
Genre: Storytelling
Venue: 11 — Red River College
Erin Rodgers's story of her first year after coming out as bisexual is one for the underdogs.
With understated self-deprecating charm, she tells us about the summer she decided to get "tough" — by learning to ride a bike and finally asking a girl out.
It's not really the most dynamic story, and Rodgers's performance is uneven in spots, as are her jokes — some are great little observational bits, some fall flat.
A sweet story about not feeling good enough and coming out tougher on the other side. - Joff Schmidt
But in spite of that — or maybe because of it — we root for her by the end. This is a sweet story about going through not feeling good enough or cool enough and coming out tougher on the other side.
Tough not to like that.
Tough not to like that.