Reviewed by Jessica Wei
Slut (R)evolution is a witty, original, often uncomfortable, and raw one-act biographical window into the makings of a self-professed slut. From a cozy red loveseat in Café Soufflé, Cameryn Moore invites her audience into her world of Mormon beginnings, fetish clubs, BDSM tents, and train cars in Russia with mysterious strangers. In other words, it's the quintessential Fringe experience. As an actor, Moore has some difficulty forming a connection with her audience in the first half of her performance, but once her eyes unglue themselves from the top left corner of the cafe window-front and her disjointed stories weave together, the intensity hits its climax. And you feel it. And it's uncomfortable.
Her past is pretty much what one might expect – “Casual Encounters” on Craigslist, hook-ups with sexually ambiguous fetishists, and, of course, drugs and sex (but usually not both of them together). The writing ranges from provocative and gut-wrenching to just plain cheesy. But what sets this play apart from the great many one-person performance Fringe flops is that Moore - actor, character and genuinely interesting human being - is just so damned likable. You don't have to be from her world to want to sit down and have coffee with this person. And you certainly don't need to have experienced her types of sex-capades to relate to her inner insecurities. All in all, Slut (R)evolution is a adequately-executed look into an thoroughly fascinating life that will leave you either running into or away from the nearest fetish shop.
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