[This piece is WAY overdue... and excuses, like regrets, are for amateurs. This being Mardi Gras Day, and we being so far away from Lee Circle, how better to celebrate than with a little big city surrealism? Tonight marks the first anniversary of the Pink Room, so get on out and getcher freak on with Bastard Keith, Madame Rosebud, DJD, Francine and the gang. Meanwhile here's November's "Best of." More pix to come. —JDX]
By J.D. Oxblood
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Parkside Lounge, LES, New York City
It is, admittedly, slightly ridiculous for a themed burlesque show to have a “best of” night, unless, of course, we’re talking about Franny Fluffer’s “The Pink Room.” It’s hard to say exactly why this night has been so successful; it can’t be just the geek factor, because half the room doesn’t seem to get any of the Lynch references, especially when the host is Bastard Keith, who let’s his movie-manic mind skip across obscure topical lilypads like a nimble gazelle searching for water in a draught. No, there’s something more club-house-y happening at the Pink Room, where people feel like they’re being taken care of by the fact that they’re kind of not. You either get it or you don’t, and even if you don’t, everyone’s having such a good time that you’re swept up in the excitement of it like a musical number in an 80s TV show about a high school for the performing arts. Even if it’s not your thing, everyone’s just having so much FUN.
