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<p>Thursday, January 20, 2011 at 10:14AM BōF is Mamrie Hart and Steve Soroka | Photo: Charles Miller</p>
<p>By: Lucas Hazlett</p>
<p>The ECNY-nominated sketch group BōF (Mamrie Hart and Stephen Soroka) return to form with "It's Pronounced Boaf," a new sketch show featuring an upbeat collection of silly video clips, cheeky contests, catchy dance numbers and a series of live "scenarios" purported to depict some of the everyday trials best friends struggle to overcome.</p>
<p>Through pearly white smiles, housewife-husband clothes and cheery production music, Hart and Soroka are a super sweet archetype evocative of 1950s Bob Clampett cartoons.</p>
<p>They love each other and they drive each other nuts; they have each other's backs all the while waiting to stab; and they leave the subtle impression that their charm and banter is perchance nothing more than a thin sheath disguising a lunacy below. Because of this, and their ability to never tip the balance into being cloy, it's hard not to fall for them.</p>
<p>This is all the more impressive considering the comedic density of the material they're performing. Every sketch comprises mouthfuls of wordy repartee of which few words are ever wasted; each line serves a practical purpose. Jokes are both set up and called back in ways you rarely anticipate or, ironically, are so damned obvious and cheesy that you can't help but surrender a laugh.</p>
<p>The two-person male-female act has been a staple of the stage and screen for years. There's little doubt that BōF has what it takes to continue this tradition and it's only a matter of time before the names Mamrie and Steve are said in the same breath as Nichols-May, Ball-Arnez and, unfortunately (?), Will and Grace.</p>
<p>-- Lucas Hazlett is a comedy geek who improvises with anyone he can. He can be seen performing with Herschel at The PIT (123 E. 24th St) on JAN 22 @ 11PM.</p>
<p>* THE PLUG: Don't miss "It's Pronounced 'Boaf,'" happening TONIGHT @ 8PM at The UCBT-NY | $5</p>
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