Christian Finnegan: Au Contraire

Christian Finnegan: Au Contraire
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Feeling blue? Down in the mouth? Has your get up and go got up and went? Well settle back and enjoy some good old-fashioned stand-up comedy buffoonery, courtesy of Christian Finnegan! Recorded live at the Trocadero Theatre in Philadelphia, Au Contraire! is an evening of awkward personal revelations and hypocritical assaults on your character!
Release Date
2009-05-08
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3.0 startsTagline
It's hilarious! It's thought-provoking! It's mildly disturbing! It's...Au Contraire!
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