In amongst the global pandemic, people seemed to be attracted
to conspiracy theories more than ever before. In a time when QAnon threatened
to affect the results of the US Presidential Election, Lou seeking out the truth
of the modern-day Illuminati seems almost rational. I mean, they have –
allegedly – been around for hundreds of years, there must be something to it
right?
Joining Lou on their journey, mostly delivered in song, is a
wild ride. From diving into dozens of Facebook groups and Reddit forums, to a
five-month-long conversation with Deborah, who welcomed her to the light of
knowledge, you can’t help but see why people are attracted to enlightenment. I
mean, it would make sense if Queen Elizabeth was a lizard person, right?
Lou’s stage presence is welcoming at first, but there is so
much happening in that brain of theirs, you might feel like you’re being
dragged along or having a hard time keeping up. But that’s the fun of the show;
we bounce around from a date with a 75-year-old in Box Hill South, to an anti-vaxx
rally in the Carlton Gardens, to the Illuminati Hair Salon, to Justin Beiber singing
“satanic new world order” backwards on one of his albums.
Lou’s songs are clever, too. Rapid rhymes and other lyrical
flourishes make this more of an off-beat musical than traditional stand-up. It’s
the perfect way to make endless Facebook conversations with Deborah sing,
rather than feel like the out-of-control ravings of a troll farm grifter. Which,
of course, they are.
There’s a layer of the show that digs into why people fall
for this stuff, but mostly it focuses on how people use it to lure victims into
scams to steal money from them. Lou gave up a handful of dollars here and
there, but only enough to keep Deborah on the hook, desperate to find out the
truth.
The One Time I Joined The Illuminati is hilarious to
the point where I had to put my glass of wine down for fear of splashing it
everywhere as I convulsed with laughter. It’s also a How To Guide of What To Do
and What Not To Do if you decide you need the Illuminati in your life. I mean,
they promise millions of dollars and sex with Deborah’s Iraqi vet cousin? You
should look them up.
Photo by Jack Dixon-Gunn
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