Bubby is one messed up dude. To say he’s the product of unfit parenting is an understatement. Raised in utterly squalid conditions, his wacked mother kept him trapped in fear that the air outside was deadly, and that if the poison didn’t get him, God would. She brought him up on a bizarre diet and an even stranger mother-son relationship, which Bubby in turn role-plays with his poor cat. Bubby is essentially a simple-minded child in a grown man’s body, with a slim grasp on grammar and even less of a hold on proper social skills. When his mother dies, Bubby is forced to venture out into an unfamiliar world that’s as unprepared for him as he is for it. Mimicry is Bubby’s main means of interaction, and his days are filled with increasingly misunderstood confrontations. He’s mistaken for a mental patient, a priest, a rapist, and a performance artist as he bounces like a pinball from situation to situation. It’s a darkly comic, severely twisted story filled with unending disturbing scenarios and characters, that weeds out weak audiences early on. I was surprised I made it through the first act, and even more surprised that I found Bubby to be sympathetic and likeable by the end.

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