AROUND THE WORLD IN A BAD MOOD The trolley dolly strikes back
Rene Foss has just discovered that in Britain she is either a dolly with a trolley or. more insultingly. the tart With the cart. 'Charming!‘ she exclaims. A flight attendant for 18 years. the slender brunette is also an actress and is finally having her revenge on all those passengers she has ever had to thank politely while fighting off their sexual advances or picking up their garbage — which can range from a used condom to a full diaper.
Her hilarious musical show. Around the World in a Bad Mood. based on her experiences. has had a successful off-Broadway run in New York. Now she's bringing it to Edinburgh. but without the other four members of the cast. The producers behind The Producers. the mega-hit muSical. suggested she shOuld turn her revue into a one-woman show. so here she is: ‘Flying around the world in an even worse mooo.’
'Only ioking.‘ grins the vivaCious Foss. whose witty take on the high life has truly taken off. There's even an accompanying paperback. subtitled Confessions of a Flight Attendant'. recently published in the States.
Post-t 1 September. Foss had to cancel some performances of her show for a couple of months. She also had to take parts out that Iampooned airport seCurity. which suddenly became no laughing matter. ‘You don't want to be making fun out of a tragedy.’ she says. In fact. Big Apple audiences now seem to find her in-tlight entertainment more entertaining than ever. i’Jackie McGlone)
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ANDRE VINCENT The former Santa proves laughter is the best medicine
back to his house. 'My brother is Currently Sitting in the wheelchair and now this dog’s Two years ago Andre Vincent discovered he was a diabetic. One year ago he shattered his knee. And this year he's got cancer. But right now he's rather more concerned With getting a wheelchair la prop for his show with Marcus Brigstockei from a sec0nd hand shop
It's a rottweiler. Shit. the dog lS now in the wheelchair. This could only happen in SOth east London.‘
Vincent was diagnosed Wllll cancer last March. and while the tum0ur that had set up home in his kidney has been removed. he
attacking the wheelchair.
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won't get the all-clear 'til after the festival. It seems a long way from last year's 'canip cavorting' as am Father Christmas in The Big and Daft Christmas Show. ‘lt made me think about how acceptable cancer IS — it's one Of the last comedy taboos. People say comedy is a way of dealing with it. Well no. | Just think it's funny.’ lJames Macklinl I Gilded Balloon. 226 2 75 I. 2—26 Aug (not 6, 73, 76/. 7.45pm, [5—29.
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