{"id":363081,"date":"2011-04-03T10:08:17","date_gmt":"2011-04-03T10:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/03\/sheen-live-show-bombs-in-detroit\/"},"modified":"2011-04-03T10:08:17","modified_gmt":"2011-04-03T10:08:17","slug":"sheen-live-show-bombs-in-detroit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/03\/sheen-live-show-bombs-in-detroit\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheen live show bombs in Detroit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"98.088038277512\">\n    \t\t  <span><br \/>\n    <span>3 April 2011<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Last updated at <\/span><span>06:08 ET<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Actor Charlie Sheen was booed off stage by fans on the first night of his Violent Torpedo Of Truth: Defeat Is Not An Option one-man show in Detroit.<\/p>\n<p>The former Two And A Half Men star had initially been greeted with rapturous applause, but fans reportedly began to walk out within 15 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Sheen had promised to tell &#8220;the real story&#8221;, but critics said he instead gave &#8220;a series of nonsensical rants&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The show ended after an hour when Sheen failed to return after a musical break.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/insidetv.ew.com\/2011\/04\/02\/charlie-sheen-tour-review\/\">Entertainment Weekly<\/a> described the show as an &#8220;unmitigated disaster&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The padded and disjointed show was a hodgepodge of video clips and Sheen-isms that felt hastily assembled and misjudged the patience of even the hardest of hardcore fans,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/review\/charlie-sheen-my-violent-torpedo-174132\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a> said: &#8220;Call it &#8216;tiger blood&#8217; or &#8216;Adonis DNA&#8217; if you will. Just don&#8217;t call it entertainment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sheen opened with a monologue saying: &#8220;I am finally here to identify and train the Vatican assassin locked inside each and every one of you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After talking about his &#8220;napalm dripping brain&#8221; and describing himself as &#8220;a giant and leaky bag of mayhem&#8221;, he added: &#8220;Is anybody else as confused by this as I am?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He also showed film clips including one he wrote, produced and directed entitled RPG, but was abruptly halted after more booing from the audience.<\/p>\n<p>The 45-year-old responded to one heckle by saying: &#8220;I already got your money, dude.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>He later told the crowd the show was &#8220;an experiment&#8221; adding: &#8220;You paid your hard-earned money without knowing what this show was about.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fans walked out chanting &#8220;Refund!&#8221; and were quick to express their disappointment outside.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was hoping for something. I didn&#8217;t think it would be this bad,&#8221; said Linda Fugate from Detroit, who said she paid $150 (\u00a393) for two tickets.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I expected him to at least entertain a little bit. It was just a bunch of ranting,&#8221; said Rodney Gagnon, who travelled from Ontario in Canada for the show.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div readability=\"7\">\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"holding\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/4f3248acsheen_getty.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"Charlie and Martin Sheen\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Please turn on JavaScript.<\/strong> Media requires JavaScript to play.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <!-- embedding script --><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Others blamed the audience: &#8220;I thought it was good. It was what I expected,&#8221; Lori Caputo of Battle Creek, Michigan, told <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/life\/people\/2011-04-03-sheen-live_N.htm?csp=hf\">USA Today<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was disappointed in everybody booing.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>The Detroit performance was the first of 22 sold-out planned shows in 20 US and Canadian cities.<\/p>\n<p>Sheen&#8217;s publicist Larry Solters declined to comment after the show.<\/p>\n<p>Sheen was fired from hit comedy Two and A Half Men last month amid a frenzy of US media reports on his controversial personal life.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Martin Sheen has spoken to the BBC about the &#8220;roller coaster ride&#8221; his family have experienced in trying to support his son.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Charlie is dealing with the most profound problems and addiction &#8211; there&#8217;s no secret, his behaviour has been an example of that,&#8221; he told Kirsty Young on Radio 4&#8217;s Desert Island Discs.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/4f3248acsheen_getty.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read this article:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/int\/news\/-\/news\/entertainment-arts-12950258\" title=\"Sheen live show bombs in Detroit\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sheen live show bombs in Detroit<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 3 April 2011 Last updated at 06:08 ET Actor Charlie Sheen was booed off stage by fans on the first night of his Violent Torpedo Of Truth: Defeat Is Not An Option one-man show in Detroit. 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