"Dicks: The Musical" puts two narcissist bros under a joyous, filthy spotlight

The first extended sequence of "Dicks: The Musical" is a memorable opening statement. Megan Thee Stallion, Josh Sharp and Aaron Jackson in "Dicks: The Musical" Through a stroke of sheer coincidence, Thomas and Craig now occupy the same job as salesmen at a floor vacuum manufacturer. Nathan Lane and Megan Mullally in "Dicks: The Musical" None of these numbers are self-sustained barnburners, yet they still point to this cast's ability to continually sell the madness underneath. We need your help to stay independent Subscribe today to support Salon's progressive journalism "Dicks: The Musical" truly comes alive when its rapid-fire joke factory is churning out punchlines that feel specific to this particular movie. If the opening of "Dicks" is a pure joke delivery device and the middle bits present people grappling with what it means to actually care about someone other than yourself, then the real power of the ending is confronting you with whether it's necessary to make a distinction between those two modes in the first place.