With an audacious title and Bowen Yang playing God, ‘Dicks: The Musical’ dares to be gonzo

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “It really wasn’t until visiting the sets and walking through those that it was like: ‘Oh my God, they’re going to make it.’” The movies are awash in more of the same, but “Dicks: The Musical" — nobody's idea of a retread — may be the most demented riff on a familiar story yet. It’s just sort of the movie we wish existed.” Sharp and Jackson spoke the day after “Dicks: The Musical” made its raucous premiere last month at the Toronto International Film Festival’s midnight program. “Dicks: The Musical” is derived from a 40-minute sketch show that Sharp and Jackson began performing at New York’s Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in 2014. And there’s often too many people involved in the decision making of what’s funny.” “Dicks: The Musical,” though, was principally a brain trust of Sharp, Jackson and Charles.