Long stretches of dialogue (some may label them longueurs) are consecrated to musings about existing versus living, facing fears, and acknowledging that man is, in essence, an animal.
A real orchestra might have helped flesh out the production's longueurs, but live music -- the lifeblood of any great dance show -- has been sacrificed to the design budget.
Their arrestingly foul-mouthed narratives are infused with a powerful strain of sentimentality, and as each gross-out adventure succeeds its predecessor in a 105-minute show without an interval, longueurs threaten.
It's told with the pacing of a thriller, with occasional longueurs of personal struggles and disappointments, but it is well-researched, well-documented and well-referenced.