The first extended sequence of "Dicks: The Musical" is a memorable opening statement. True, that's the case for most movies, and exponentially more true for musicals. "Dicks" is a still-more-extreme case because it sends its two stars Aaron Jackson and Josh Sharp unleashed on screen like they've each been loosed from some demented jack-in-the-box. They, like the A24-released movie they also co-wrote, make an instant impression, are unafraid to provoke, and summon deep laughs from unexpected places.
After a text prologue that proclaims "Dicks" as a straight story written by two gay men, we see the product of that cheekily self-described "bravery." Trevor Brock (Jackson) and Craig Tittle (Sharp) arrive as ultimate corporate bros, rival aspiring business execs drowning themselves in as much sex and arrogance as they can handle. A song that puffs up their insatiable ego and appetite soon gives way to the realization that these two are not just competitors at the same job. They're twins, their separate childhoods the product of a split marriage that separated them at birth.
