Showtime @ the Apollo - or is it http://www.apollotheater.org/amateur_night.html- ( i guess the lynx are not working correctly- the link should read "...or is it amateur nite @ the Apollo....., but i'm not fightiong...) is a long running show they show here latenite satnite. It's basically a variety hour/ talent show held in the Apollo Theatre in Harlem, and lets just say there is a lot of audience participation. Mite be cruel, but parta the shows draw IS the cruelness of the audience. When someoine sucks, the booing starts. When they really suck, a 'rouge' tap dancer comes out to sweep the offenders off the stage.
On Saturday nite, they played a year ending 'best of', and it was classic - especially the rude bits. Again, it makes one cringe to see someone on stage being unmercifully booed...........but it can be great. One poor comedienne's bit was on ugly guys who always hit on her- the booes started after her first lame joke cleared rthe audience.......they started slow, but she just stood there saying "yr not gona let me even finish my joke?" before tapdancer cleared her off. The next guy was classic- squat dude who lamed out a first joke, but when he started the second with "Maaaaan.....New york......y'all got some agressive bums..."
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
So funny. Then there was an operatic singer who belted out some sorta di Lammermoric type of vocals, and didn't you know it:
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
But sometimes it goes rite. Later in the show, they played best performances. First one was this totally funky sexy girl, who started out a bluesy number which was met with silence for about 10 seconds, and then the audience rolled out the applause. wonderous to see the young womans face as she felt the love, acknolwleded the love, and carried on. And yeah, part of it was that she was sexy as all hell.
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