Dolly Goes Down on the Farm
After failing to get Bob Brown to the altar at 2006’s Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF), that blonde in what might be Leadbetter possum, Dolly Putin, will this year be wooing ethicist and animal rights advocate Peter Singer to the meat-eating cause.
Putin’s new show, Dolly Goes Down on the Farm, delves into issues surrounding farming practices, and features the controversial Professor and author of the groundbreaking book, Animal Liberation, as the object of her romantic and carnivorous intentions.
A pig named after a former Immigration Minister will be lending some ham to proceedings.
Oink oink and welcome to the piggery business, Senator the Hon. Amanda Vanstone.
Dolly, who was described by creator Naomi Edwards in an interview with The Groggy Squirrel as a cross between Germaine Greer and Pamela Anderson, will possibly reveal during her performance that Singer supports the eating of kids (and that doesn’t mean young goats).
Even if Dolly’s a huge fan of McDonalds, Edwards believes proponents of animal rights have moved on from topics like the wearing of fur to concerns about how meat is produced.
This revelation is rather upsetting for an interviewer from a website with a hairy beast in its title.
Although Putin’s fellow right-wing shock jockettes might disagree, Edwards thinks Singer’s very smart and Dolly’s, well, thicker than every other person in the world.
Dolly Goes Down on the Farm will be playing at MICF on 11 and 12 April at the Union Theatre, Melbourne University. For booking details, go to the “MICF website”: http://www.comedyfestival.com.au/season/2007/show/145/.
More information about Animals Australia, the organisation that will benefit financially from the show, can be found at www.animalsaustralia.org
For comedy fans who find transvestism hilarious in a Little Britain “I’m a lady” way, it should be pointed out that The Courier-Mail thought Dolly Putin was a bloke dressed in drag.