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Peer Reviews Don We Now
More Gay Apparel
Entire contents are copyright © 2007, Deborah Ward. All rights reserved.
What is the greatest Christmas gift one can give or receive? Is it peace on Earth? Goodwill to all men? Gold? Love? No! It is the divine ability to laugh at one's self, and Pandora Productions brings us a sleigh full of humor for all mankind. Quirky Christmas puns, homosexuality and all things political are wrapped up in this year's sequel to Don We Now Our Gay Apparel.
Although not as good as the original, Don We Now More Gay Apparel will leave you laughing for days. The eclectic mix of short skits, voice-overs from Santa, film, singing, dance, live Music by Gayle and even a striptease or two gets a Rudolph Rating for effort in attempts to match the original's scriptwriting. We are given a small glimpse through hidden camera at the grueling working conditions the writers were subjected to by Michael Drury, and we can immediately understand (and laugh at) the stress they must have felt to ensure that Mr. Drury will "own Christmas" next year. In case there is a number three in the making, here are a few suggestions for the writers next year. There are a few jokes that have been overdone and over-heard. For example, all things George Bush have been heard for nearly eight years. So unless something other than WMDs, gay marriage or Obama occurs, let's move on to the new and funny. Yes, Ike Turner died this year, but the Ike and Tina drama has been all funnied out. One last thing would be the same old puns used for the male reproductive, um, unit. When I hear 11-year-olds refer to it as the wood, well, it's been far too overused and is just not adult humor anymore. However, there are many more kudos than suggestions. The highlights of the evening were "A Charlie
Brown Christmas Reunion," "Gay Elves," and drag
queen Robbie Smith performing Cher singing the
original Christmas hit "Piggies, Cows and Sheep."
"A Charlie Brown Christmas Reunion" definitely
is something that needs to be posted on the Net.
Of all the skits, this is the one that I have
had to tell everyone about. However, my description
does nothing for the humor that was brought forth
by the writers and actors (Ted Lesley, J C Nixon,
Leah Roberts, Susan Crocker, Elaine Hackett and
Mike Slaton). As for the three gay elves (Mike
Slaton, J C Nixon and Jack Wallen) in "Gay Elves,"
they go on strike because "Mrs. Claus is
as phony as John Travolta's accents in Hairspray." When
they find themselves unemployed on Christmas
Eve, they consider being dental hygienists for
one elf's ex-boyfriend, Hermie the dentist (I
guess he finally achieved independence).
Don We Now More Gay Apparel December 27, 2007 - January 13, 2008
Posted December 31, 2007
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