Fear and Loathing in DC

Elyce with the

Rebellious Jezebells

Wow – things are grooving right along. The show at the Theater J has been going great. The folks at the venue are really wonderful, Kenneth and I make a great team, I adore the guys in the band (The Rebellious Jezebells), and working with Sandra is nothing short of fabulous. She’s a great lady and – despite her public persona – an absolute delight to be around. My grandfather came to the show last weekend and had a great time. He and Sandra hit it off swimmingly and he has officially invited her into the family.

On Thursday night, Sandra’s good friend and fellow comedian, Paul Mooney, came to see the show. She credits Paul with having ‘discovered’ her – so it was a great reunion for them. The next morning, a small group of us went to the Washington Monument with a video camera. Sandra and Paul walked around and talked to people, asking them who they were voting for and stirring up provocative conversation. We saw the most amazing, and real, reactions from the folks there – a young soccer team from Spain, as well as another group of students from another country (I didn’t catch where) all mobbed Paul, an couple of older women timidly approached Sandra with s, a teacher with her young son spoke to us about her concerns about education (oh, honey – I can SO relate!), an international family in town for a bat mitzvah – we had a great time meeting all the people and hearing what they had to say. Everyone was great.

Yea – we’re also dealing with a bit of controversy over some of the material in the show. Sandra is well known for calling it like she sees it. She can be vulgar. This should be no shock to anyone with a brain. As though the Righteous Right came in just looking for something to scream about, they have ripped apart one of her pieces, taken one of the statements wholly out of context, and created a media frenzy. I think it's completely ridiculous. If people don't agree with Sandra's views, then simply don't come to the show. She's not a candidate, she is not officially speaking for anyone but herself. The twisted part is that she's not even saying things publicly. You'd have had to pay and want to see her in order to have heard the comment. BUT the right wing-nuts are all over the news with their ridiculous comments. There is no crisis.... no one has been hurt or endangered. ...honestly people.