Charlie Sheen show sputters in Motor City

[Ghost in the Machine]

DETROIT - Charlie Sheen was heckled, booed and eventually abandoned by the crowd at his inaugural stage show, with many of the audience members chanting "refund" and heading for the exits even before the show abruptly ended.

Winning? Not on opening night.

The first stop on Sheen's "My Violent Torpedo of Truth/Defeat is Not an Option" 20-city variety show started Saturday night with thunderous applause but ended 70 minutes later. In between, Sheen tried to appease his audience with rants, a rapper and a question and answer session, ultimately concluding the first show was "an experiment."

The former "Two and a Half Men" star learned firsthand at Detroit's 5,100-seat Fox Theatre that show business still requires a show. The debacle called into question the fate of the nascent tour. Some fans already predicted a premature end for the monthlong trek, which was scheduled to resume Sunday in Chicago.

"No way" the show makes it through all the dates, said Bob Orlowski, a lawyer from Plymouth, Mich., who watched with six clients in a suite.

"He's not suited for this," said Orlowski, 46. "It wasn't funny."

http://omg.yahoo.com/news/charlie-sheen-show-sputters-in-motor-city/59720?nc

[derby378]

1. I guess the Adonis DNA ran into a brick wall of Edsel Fail

This'll be an interesting spectacle.

[realisticphish]

2. good

the Charlie Sheen thing was interesting for about 45 seconds, and only then interesting as a train wreck. He's a screwed up, possibly mentally ill drug addict. He was only funny when we wasn't trying to be. Now it's just pathetic (or, rather, MORE pathetic than before)

[Faygo Kid]

3. Why would anyone pay money to begin with for that crap?

I must be getting old. I don't get it.

[Historic NY]

6. Its like watching an auto racing waiting for an accident.....in this case for the train wreck,

[krabigirl]

4. Why did these people buy tickets in the first place?

Hello? Sheen is laughing his way to the bank.

[proud2BlibKansan]

5. His show sold out in hours in Chicago

I was there 2 weeks ago and this was on the local news. Tickets started at $80 and sold out in a couple hours.

[AndyTiedye]

7. I Hope the Scalpers Bought Lots of Tickets and End Up Eating Them

[Modern_Matthew]

8. I'm more amused that idiots wasted their money on his FAILING. nt