‘Operation Mincemeat’ Review: Broadway Transfer of the Olivier-Winning Musical Has Absurdity, Laughs and Heart
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variety.comFrank Rizzo An astonishing, loopy and very true World War II story about Great Britain tricking Germany into believing false invasion plans has been the source material for non-fiction books and movies dramas.
But this ludicrous 1943 espionage plot involving a corpse, fake papers and amazing good fortune also lends itself to absurdity.
That’s the approach the Brit comedy collective SpitLip takes with “Operation Mincemeat,” the Olivier Award-winning, musical-comedy import from London.
Think of it as Monty Python on speed, and then throw in some Ealing Studio wit and a bit of “Beyond the Fringe” slyness. Too British?
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