4 December 2007
Duckie Twists Seven Cocks
Alexis Soloski: Village VoiceCome taste the wine, come hear the band, come pay a woman to offer
you tortilla chips while she balances a bowl of salsa on her pudendum
in an act entitled "Nacho Snatcho." On December 20, the much-hailed
English performance troupe Duckie?self-described as
"Post-Poofter Purveyors of Progressive Working-Class
Entertainment"?will make their U.S. debut, bringing their outré talents
to the Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center through January 19. Duckie
regulars Marisa Carnesky, Joshua Sofaer, Kazuko Hohki, and Miss High Leg Kick will mingle with New York performers Taylor Mac, Jessica Delfino, Dynasty Handbag, and Peggy Shaw. A caveat: While the performers sport flesh-colored body stockings, "swanky evening wear" is required of attendees.
Their show, C'est Duckie, takes place in nightclub-like
environs. Duckie producer Simon Casson says CSV will be "transformed
into a very swanky London performance palais, all gilt and red
velvet." Each table receives a sheaf of "Duckie dollars" (we hope these
are less devalued than American ones). They can be used to purchase
10-minute performance pieces such as "Golden Throat," "Professor
Rigidlips and Friends," and "Stilettos of Death." These apparently
range from the funny to the lewd to the lewdly funny. We are intrigued
by "Miss High Leg Kick Does Seven Cocks," apparently a feat of
anthropomorphic balloon twisting. Casson told
The Times of London: "What we do is performance art, which is
boring, meets showbiz, which is vacuous. Where they meet is great." Ah,
now we comprehend the putative appeal of "Boobelina" and "The Wicked
Witch of the West Does Robert De Niro in Spanish." |
