Trixie flaunts all at Halloweenie show
Halloween came two weeks early at the Ottobar on Friday, as Trixie Little and Evil Monkey took the stage for their "Halloweenie Show." The dynamic duo were accompanied by go-go dancers, stilt walkers, silkworms, gymnastic acrobats, off-key singing comedians and politically incorrect, hysterical hosts.
Inspired to come in costume, most of the crowd got in on the fun, too. As one woman, wearing a trash bag with a TastyKake label stuck to her chest, admitted: "It just gives us an excuse to dress up!"
Costumes included a handful of femme fatales dressed in lacy corsets, their bosoms popping out, home-made superheroes, a man with a face mask that resembled a wolverine, fairy wings and an Orthodox Jew with a foot-long beard.
And of course, what would Halloween be without a drag queen schoolgirl in a pink plaid skirt, escorting a baby doll trailing behind on the ground?
As the lights dimmed at 10 p.m., a shaky and coarse voice announced: "Boys and girls of all ages ... Welcome!" The voice promised the audience that it would be a "spooktacular celebration" and encouraged the crowd to "be prepared to go beyond the barrier of bizarre!"
The Weirdo Show was the opening act, and its host, Professor Sprocket, guaranteed that the show would "Bring you burlesque just the way you like it!" (This entails stark naked butts and occasional full frontal nudity.)
After a number of acts, including Brandy Gilrotti's comedy act and Laurel Lee's aerial silkwork acrobatic act, The Weirdo Show finished, and The Trixie Little and Evil Monkey Show took over.
With the stage lights flashing, Trixie and Monkey appeared, decked out in black unitards covered in sequences - they looked like oompa-loompas, but in black. Their over-exaggerated dance skit reminded me of Romy and Michele's High School Reunion's legendary dance routine.
Finally the strip show began. Trixie ripped off her head covering, exposing her strawberry blonde locks blowing romantically in the air as she held up a fan. The crowd went wild.
Inspired to come in costume, most of the crowd got in on the fun, too. As one woman, wearing a trash bag with a TastyKake label stuck to her chest, admitted: "It just gives us an excuse to dress up!"
Costumes included a handful of femme fatales dressed in lacy corsets, their bosoms popping out, home-made superheroes, a man with a face mask that resembled a wolverine, fairy wings and an Orthodox Jew with a foot-long beard.
And of course, what would Halloween be without a drag queen schoolgirl in a pink plaid skirt, escorting a baby doll trailing behind on the ground?
As the lights dimmed at 10 p.m., a shaky and coarse voice announced: "Boys and girls of all ages ... Welcome!" The voice promised the audience that it would be a "spooktacular celebration" and encouraged the crowd to "be prepared to go beyond the barrier of bizarre!"
The Weirdo Show was the opening act, and its host, Professor Sprocket, guaranteed that the show would "Bring you burlesque just the way you like it!" (This entails stark naked butts and occasional full frontal nudity.)
After a number of acts, including Brandy Gilrotti's comedy act and Laurel Lee's aerial silkwork acrobatic act, The Weirdo Show finished, and The Trixie Little and Evil Monkey Show took over.
With the stage lights flashing, Trixie and Monkey appeared, decked out in black unitards covered in sequences - they looked like oompa-loompas, but in black. Their over-exaggerated dance skit reminded me of Romy and Michele's High School Reunion's legendary dance routine.
Finally the strip show began. Trixie ripped off her head covering, exposing her strawberry blonde locks blowing romantically in the air as she held up a fan. The crowd went wild.
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