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Glittering curtains on a simple set set the background for Lady Rash’s enjoyable hour, for us late at night during the big basketball game and a rain storm. She talked with the audience, finding out that most of us weren’t parents, and there was only one 20 year old guy so the jokes were targeted a bit more at later life, covering sex and her husband, sometimes at the same time, and sometimes tricks she learned from him (magic ones :-). She did fit in some revenge jokes on how unawarely selfish her kids were – insulting her (the big L for loser gesture), which they were surprised at when the same disrespecting comments were used about them after failing a driver’s test.
She had plenty of observations, which is what much of stand-up comedy does, such as comments about beauty from gay men are acceptable while the same words from a straight guy are offensive. One was about the peculiarities of people from Carleton Place (women flashing, not just men), oddly verified by the guy from there! Another complaint was that all those new pot smokers laugh too much without meaning it, making modern audiences different. Perhaps you could combine that to solve her complaint about the audience being silent while she was drinking from her glass :-)
She has lots of stories, a whole hour full and probably more, so if something misses, there’s a good chance that the next bit will hit your funny bone, or make you cringe at apricot gas.
Truly hilarious, Rachelle is energetic, the right amount of crude, and knows how to work an audience. I went with my 16 year old daughter. She left a little embarrassed, but armed with a better sex education than she would otherwise get under the current Ontario curriculum. Thank you, lady Rash.
Every teenage boy’s nightmare: his crazy, vaping, sex-obsessed, potty-mouthed mom. With a mini suitcase of magic tricks, an applause sign at the ready, and doused in sparkles, the glamorous mid-life crisis averting Rachelle Elie dishes taboo subjects to make the youngsters cover their virgin ears. Stand up comedy in a church basement is a tough sell, but baby, Rachelle is moving units. Blasphemy never felt so good.
– hipCRANK