If there is one word to describe Coolidge’s stint at this year’s Fringe, that has to be: underwhelming. With a great entrance (and ‘Bad Romance’ playing in the sound system, accentuating the beat of the moment), she has the audience at the palm of her hand. But then, she slowly drops them.
Jennifer Coolidge in person is everything you would expect her to be at first, a bigger than life, brassy, sassy persona. But with time you realise that she runs out of steam quickly, and her routine turns out to be pleasant, but not hilarious.
When she talks about drinking three espressos every morning, you wonder if she has become immune to caffeine, Coolidge on stage being a much more sedated character than Coolidge on screen. And here lies the problem. The audience are expecting to see the Jennifer Coolidge they know from films like American Pie or Legally Blonde, and the fact that she goes back to talking about those films every now and again, only accentuate the fact that she isn’t as out and loud as those characters are.
But, don’t be fooled, this doesn’t mean that she isn’t good. Her whole hour is pleasantly interesting, and while she doesn’t have the audience roaring with laughter, she doesn’t have them bored either.
3/5 
Adrian G. Velazquez
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