I guess I am not an ideal audience for “Dicks: The Musical”. As shown from a series of footage clips during its end credits, the people behind and in front of the camera go all the way for making a wacky musical of deliberate bad taste, and its anarchically trashy sense of humor will be surely appreciated by the admirers of John Waters movies. However, this is basically one-joke musical comedy film which feels rather thin despite its running time (86 minutes), and I only got more impatient as rolling my eyes a lot for good reasons.

Aaron Jackson and Josh Sharp, who also made a little off-Broadway musical adapted by them (Its name is not something I can willingly type here, by the way), play Craig and Trevor, two hot-shot salesmen in New York City who are your average alpha white heterosexual male jerks. Their deliberately obnoxious opening number blatantly emphasizes their cocky attitude from the beginning to the end, and you may be a bit amused by the homosexual undertone of this unabashedly flamboyant musical scene.

Anyway, Craig and Trevor subsequently find themselves working in the same office due to a sudden company merger, and they instantly compete with each other for being the real top dog salesman of the office (Please don’t ask me what the hell they actually sell). Despite the growing competition between them, they become a bit closer to each other after discerning how much they look similar to each other, and, what do you know, they soon come to realize that they are actually identical twins who happened to be separated from each other not long after their birth (Jackson and Sharp actually looking quite different on the screen is another inside joke for us, by the way).

Quite delighted by this discovery of theirs, Trevor and Craig decide to make their respective single parents reunite with each other just like those two twin girls in “The Parent Trap” (1998). Of course, they quickly come to see how challenging this personal mission really is, because their parents, Harrison (Nathan Lane) and Evelyn (Megan Mullally), are not so interested in reuniting with each other from the beginning.

These two very, very, very eccentric people turn out to have each own issue which will seriously jeopardize Craig and Trevor’s plan. Harrison is revealed to be a gay or bisexual more inclined to men, and he is also mostly occupied with taking care of a couple of certain little hideous creatures which are clearly moving puppets. In case of Evelyn, she has had a serious problem with her certain body part, which looks like something we may see if David Cronenberg ever tries to make a children’s program with no interference at all.

Nevertheless, our two goofy heroes do not give up at all. They deliberately make their parents meet each other at a posh restaurant, and, of course, Harrison and Evelyn come to see that they still have some feeling toward each other despite the sexual obstacles between them. Nathan Lane, whom I still fondly remember for seeing him on the stage of the St. James Theatre in New York City when he performed in Mel Brooks’ acclaimed hit musical “The Producers” along with Matthew Broderick in early 2004, does not hesitate to rise below bad taste during the following song and dance scene, and Megan Mullally, who has been known well for her own distinctive comic talent, complements Lane well as his equal comic match.

While Lane and Mullally constantly steal the show from them, Sharp and Jackson are relatively less colorful in comparison, but nobody can possibly deny that they have enough zeal and spirit for frequently going over the top throughout the film. Whenever they are not singing or dancing, they always throw themselves into the Overacting with a capital “O”, and you may appreciate their cheerfully no-hold-barred efforts even when you observe their relentless shticks from the distance with more annoyance.

Under the direction of director/co-producer Larry Charles, who is no stranger to shocking us with deliberate bad taste for laughs considering his previous works such as “Borat! Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan” (2006) and “Brüno” (2009), the movie keeps going for more tasteless comic moments, and I must confess that it often tested my own limits even though I think I am mostly open for almost anything in case of comedy. I will not deny that I was tickled a lot as watching Megan Thee Stallion, who plays Craig and Trevor’s domineering boss, giving a showstopper musical scene to remember, but I winced more than once as observing how the movie later tries something truly scandalous in the name of love. I will not go into details here for not spoiling any naughty fun for you, but I can tell you at least that Bowen Yang, who has been known for his funny comic sketches during the recent seasons of “Saturday Night Live”, is having some irreverent fun with playing, surprise, God.

On the whole, “Dicks: The Musical” is not totally without fun and amusement, but I did not enjoy it enough for recommendation because of often feeling rather distant or annoyed during my viewing. In my humble opinion, its many wacky materials work better on stage than screen, and I will be interested to considerable degree if I come upon an opportunity to see the revival of Jackson and Sharp’s original musical on the stage. As far as I can see, they do have some talent and potential, and I can only hope that they will soon move onto better things to come in the future.