When you’re reading a review of a cabaret show and come across a description that says “over the course of 60 minutes, and in about 10 songs” the performer sings about “the ubiquity of fanny packs on lesbians, the need for upper-body strength in lesbian sex, finding your soulmate on the Internet, and an affinity for U-Hauls,” the first thing that probably comes to mind is: Oh, Pink’s collaborating with Linda Perry again.
The culprits are actually Amy Turner and Kathryn Lounsbery, a musical-comedy duo I hadn’t heard of before reading this review of That’s What She Said! — a review that’s particularly charming because gay-but-not-lesbian critic Richard Dodds doesn’t know what the hell they’re talking about with the upper-body strength thing.
A bit of research shows that Turner and Lounsbery are trying to “make the world smile — one dyke at a time” (good luck with that, you crazy kids) and that they share a fondness for colorful jackets; you can check out their music online. For their next trick, I want them to write a song about how every third lesbian is named Amy. That function was previously filled by the ever-popular Tammy, but then the ’90s happened and many a young Amy who’d been born in the mid-to-late seventies discovered the riot grrrl scene and women’s studies programs. Just like that, Amy was all the Sapphic rage.
Sapphic rage, by the way? Another great topic for a song. Or an opera. An opera set at MichFest. Lea DeLaria can star. Anyone who wants to develop this idea should contact my people immediately, before Joel Schumacher snaps it up for Gerard Butler.
Cranky Lesbian is a disgruntled homosexual with too much time on her hands. Click for film reviews or to follow on Instagram.
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