The past several years have provided finger-pointing comedian Lewis Black with an excess of material to rant about. In his latest HBO special, Red, White and Screwed, Black waxes on topics ranging from Bush's inability to wear the right expression with whatever news he's delivering, to Dick Cheney's baffling quail-hunting incident. No telling how Palin's VP nomination will color his act, but we wager there'll be lots of passionate cursing. 8 p.m., Carol Morsani Hall-Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, 1010 N. MacInnes Place, Tampa, $45-$65, 813-229-7827.
This article appears in Oct 1-7, 2008.