Boys just wanna have fun
February 26, 2010
http://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/arts/boys-just-wanna-have-fun/2010/02/25/1266687123580.html (http://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/arts/boys-just-wanna-have-fun/2010/02/25/1266687123580.html)
When Irwin Keller of the Kinsey Sicks isn't singing in drag, he's teaching at the synagogue, writes Katrina Lobley.
By day, he's a highly unconventional lay rabbi. By night, Irwin Keller breaks even more rules, dressing in nerdy drag to sing, rather than lip-sync, everything from sassy doo-wop to stinging satirical songs.
Keller - and the rest of his "dragapella quartet", the Kinsey Sicks - are visiting Australia for the first time to join this year's Mardi Gras line-up. The quartet has taken aim at everything from George Bush and Republican politics - "Obama was definitely bad for the comedy industry," Keller says - to inane television news broadcasters. Their latest show includes original songs and parodies of pop's biggest stars - think Britney Spears and Beyonce.