I saw Kathy Griffin [wikipedia.org] perform at a sold-out Allen Theater in Playhouse Square (here in Cleveland) last night. And I laughed my ass off. That was a great show.
I have never seen her perform her comedy routine before. And I knew that she is kind of known for trashing other celebrities, but I didn't know that she did impressions too. So, while she was telling these hilarious stories about other people, she's doing impressions of them. Comedy gold. She did impressions of all kinds of people, from Barbara Walters, to Star Jones, to Clay Aiken, to Paula Abdul... It was a straight hour and a half of her trashing everyone.
It was also totally a totally irreverent act. I mean, she was calling Catholics "kid-fuckers", and talking about how her mother is always drunk and passed out on the couch... I haven't seen that many people get offended and leave in the middle of a show since I saw Eyes Wide Shut [imdb.com] in the theater. It was awesome.
I would love to know what those people were thinking. Why would you buy tickets to a comedy show if you clearly don't have a sense of humor? And it's not like we were at a small comedy shop, where the comedians are mostly unknown. She headlines at big theaters, so it should be easy to find out what her act is going to be like beforehand.
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