Twenty years after Whoopi
Goldberg made her mark on Broadway the first time, she returns with a one woman
show with three different characters. The first is Fontaine (from the old show),
a man who rails on George Bush and Condoleezza Rice to great effect. He also addresses
gay people as "the new black people" with the bible being used against
them in the same ways at different points in time. Next is Lurleen, a Southern
woman who is going through menopause. She's just hilarious describing the old
sanitary napkin belts, girdles and other tortures of the past, plus the menopausal
challenges of the present. Then the final returning character is a handicapped
woman who finds love. It's touching and a wonderful performance. Whoopi,
most likely bisexual, returns in grand style with the same talent that drew our
attention years ago. She has been in a plethora of films featuring lesbian, bi
or trans characters (What Makes a Family,
Girl Interrupted, The Associate, Boys on the Side, The
Color Purple, Jiminy Glick in Lalawood,
The Celluloid Closet, The Deep End
of the Ocean) and received a GLAAD award in 1999. "Whoopi," her
2003-2004 sitcom, featured a same sex lesbian marriage.
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