Tammy Faye Starlite’s Born Again Again!
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Tonight we went to the Renberg Theater at the L.A. Gay and Lesbian Center to see Tammy Faye Starlite’s Born Again Again! I’d seen a short review of her show recently, and it sounded like a hoot. She was described as being as “If John Waters and Pia Zadora had a love child”. It was also the first time we’d been to the Renberg to see someone other than Varla Jean Merman.
The show was a send-up of both country music radio and Christianity, and it was tremendously funny. The format of the show was the “KKOK Hoedown”, where Tammy was making a personal appearance on the radio show, being interviewed by the DJ, and singing songs for the listeners. She talked about her joy in being “born-again again”, and sang a rousing song:
“If you’re comin’ down sweet Jesus
won’t you come all over me!”
She also reminded us that “1 cross plus 3 nails equals 4-given”.
She told a story and sang a song about one of her many marriages. And we all sang along with her:
“Did I shave my vagina for this?”
But then she told us about her most recent marriage, and how she was “with child” again. She came out into the audience and had people put their hands on her stomach while singing “God Has Lodged a Tenant in My Uterus”.
This was all tremendously funny and entertaining.
