You Can’t Beat Some Pussy…and it’s on the House!
We had quite a busy Saturday. After lounging about the condo this morning, we went to the Kendall Square Cinema to see a German independent film called Good Bye, Lenin! The premise was great: a hardcore communist woman goes into a coma right before the Berlin wall comes down. She awakens to a whole new world but her doctor fears that any shock or stress will kill her so her son and daughter try to hide the new world from her as she’s released from the hospital and living at home again (they create fake news reports with VCR’s, buy old newspapers, etc…). Unfortunately, no matter how clever the premise, the movie was a bit too long (2+ hours) and slow at times. I wish I could go into a coma and wake up once the whole gay marriage debate is over and Bush and (MA Governor) Mitt Romney are out of office.
We had an hour to freshen up before meeting up with our friends Jason and Dave to go to dinner and a play. The dinner was at Linwood Grille in the Fenway (I had some yummy fish with grilled veggies and Matt had Burnt Tips with mashed potatoes). After eating, we walked to the Ramrod – Boston’s biggest gay leather bar. The play was taking place in the downstairs bar/club called Machine where they create a theater out of the dance floor. This seems to be common practice (at least in Boston and Provincetown). Once the show is over, the chairs are removed and the night club opens to dancing.
The show tonight was a drag spoof of Tennessee Williams’ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof called Pussy on the House (get it?…free pussy – cuz it’s on the house). I never saw the original so I had nothing to compare it to, but based on previous shows by Ryan Landry and the Gold Dust Orphans (the theatre troupe) the shows are closely based on the original but with added camp.
And drag queens.
Carrie was a hoot (especially the period in the shower scene being played by a bleeding naked man squeezing his “bits” between his legs), and What Ever Happened to Baby Jane was hysterical. We missed his version of The Birds (where seagulls took over Provincetown one summer).
After the show, Ryan Landry (director/writer/actor) said his next show is going to be a spoof of Fatal Attraction that will be called Fatal Erection. It’s going to take place in Provincetown next summer so we’re definitely going to see it while we’re there. WOO HOO!
Here is the postcard for tonight’s show. If you’re in the Boston area – you should check it out. it’s playing for the next three weeks.
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