God is a Scottish Drag Queen III
Joff Schmidt | CBC News | Posted: July 16, 2015 6:49 PM | Last Updated: July 19, 2015
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Company: Mike Delamont
Genre: Play — Comedy
Venue: 6 — Tom Hendry Warehouse
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I will confess that I am a Drag Queen virgin, having missed the first two parts of Mike Delamont's hugely popular series at earlier festivals. So I'm not sure if that means my expectations were higher or lower going into this third instalment. But I will say I left happy to spend some time in the presence of the Lord.
God here is exactly what you expect — the towering Delamont dressed in drag, and imparting her wisdom in a thick Scottish brogue. It's irreverent, and gently sacrilegious, but mostly played for good laughs.
And Victoria's Delamont delivers them, taking swipes at everything from religious hypocrisy (on the Florida Holy Land Experience theme park, she says, "If you've always wanted to go to Mecca, but wished there were fewer Jews and more fat Americans, this is for you") to ideas for new commandments (it boils down to one, which I won't spoil here, but it's pretty inclusive).
Some of the gags are a bit cheap n' easy (potshots at dumb Americans and telling a Fringe crowd not to vote for Stephen Harper is like shooting fish in a barrel). But Delamont is witty, most of the punchlines land a good laugh, and the chuckles come pretty consistently in this show.
Not quite divine, but an uplifting hour of comedy.
I will confess that I am a Drag Queen virgin, having missed the first two parts of Mike Delamont's hugely popular series at earlier festivals. So I'm not sure if that means my expectations were higher or lower going into this third instalment. But I will say I left happy to spend some time in the presence of the Lord.
God here is exactly what you expect — the towering Delamont dressed in drag, and imparting her wisdom in a thick Scottish brogue. It's irreverent, and gently sacrilegious, but mostly played for good laughs.
And Victoria's Delamont delivers them, taking swipes at everything from religious hypocrisy (on the Florida Holy Land Experience theme park, she says, "If you've always wanted to go to Mecca, but wished there were fewer Jews and more fat Americans, this is for you") to ideas for new commandments (it boils down to one, which I won't spoil here, but it's pretty inclusive).
Some of the gags are a bit cheap n' easy (potshots at dumb Americans and telling a Fringe crowd not to vote for Stephen Harper is like shooting fish in a barrel). But Delamont is witty, most of the punchlines land a good laugh, and the chuckles come pretty consistently in this show.
Not quite divine, but an uplifting hour of comedy.