Review: TINA C in RHINESTONE COWGIRL – Cape Town
Thanks to Dazzla for his review of the new show RHINESTONE COWGIRL at On Broadway in Cape Town – sounds like a blast!
The ugly American is gorjous!
Comedy reflecting the tragic absurdity of American arrogance has always interested me. Understandably, there’s a lot of it about but not much has had me fearing organ rupture from laughter as much as Tina C in Rhinestone Cowgirl perfo…
rming at On Broadway, Cape Town until 30 July.
Note to me: Caution your gushiness here…it so…Ughh…American! but I cannot help myself…I really haven’t seen better stand-up/drag – with real singing, in a very long while.
Olivier award winning British tragi-comic Christopher Green is Tina C, the self-appointed anti-anti-American representative who skillfully gets it all redneck-Bush-like-wrong with just about everything.
This leggy luscious country music singer from Open Throat Holler is utterly tenacious in her defence of the big old American way, through the “hell-yeah!-yee haw!” of country tunes and lines like “of course I want you for your body, I’ve got a mind of my own”.
Her proud ascent form the depths of the trailer park gutter to country music superstar includes career highlights such as her GI Jane-esque pin-up presence for the US armed forces in Vietnam and of course…”Eye-rak”, fraternizing with the likes of her inimitable pal Condoleeza Rice at the Pope’s funeral and many more anecdotes of illustrious fame which she packs into this remarkable show.
Ms Tina takes her informed and sensitive understanding of the global “planet” even further. As part of her goodwill mission spreading American joy to the, uhhhm…”territory” that is South Africa, Tina unleashes her sentiment and high regard for Neslon “Mandeh-lia” making referance to such gorgeously grand monuments bearing his name such as that pink hotel at the foot of Table Mountain.
We love you Tina…hell yeah we do! And you’d make a damn fine president too!
Tickets cost R75 each and dinner is served from 18h30. The show begins at 20h30. (If you are only coming for the show you need to be seated by 20h00.)
For bookings Tel 021 424 1194. On Broadway is at 88 Shortmarket Street, Cape Town.
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