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Fringe 2008 - Day 2

Started by Shana A, July 04, 2008, 11:10:51 AM

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July 04, 2008, 11:10:51 AM
Fringe 2008 - Day 2

    * Posted by Megan
    * July 4, 2008

http://blogto.com/theatre/2008/07/fringe_2008_day_2/

toronto fringe 2008

Ladylike at Toronto Fringe
Sky Gilbert's (mostly) one-woman show staring Nina Arsenault, expects the audience to be baffled and outraged at the very concept of a transsexual. This kind of material would've shocked Toronto audiences in, say, 1965, but I think too many people have seen ' The Rocky Horror Picture Show' now to be put off by her.

'Ladylike' consists of an overly rehearsed monologue to the audience interrupted by vignettes of Nina with a male lover. I would have liked to have seen the production take advantage of Nina being the actress and see some references to her life. She could go into detail about her plastic surgery, her sex trade work, or her coming out story (topics she used to discuss in her infamous FAB column / television appearances) Instead the whole script is pinned around a tired mantra of 'follow your dreams', be whatever you want to be, etc.
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." Oscar Wilde
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