Vol. 5, No. 5, May 2008
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In-Your-Face
Kathy Griffin appears at the Borgata Music Box Friday, May 30 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $54.50.
Anyone who’s seen an episode of Bravo TV’s My Life on the D-List knows that Kathy Griffin is profane as a dock full of longshoremen and blunt as a two-by-four. As the reality show also attests, Griffin loves her parents and her dogs and is willing to travel to dangerous war zones to entertain our troops. The contradictory comedian, whose standup can veer from the merely naughty to the outright outrageous, comes to Borgata May 30.
Until D List, Griffin was best known as Brooke Shields’ sidekick on the NBC sitcom Suddenly Susan. The reality show revealed her raucous side. She gleefully skewered the sacred cows of show business—from Gwyneth Paltrow to Celine Dion, from Streisand to Oprah Winfrey, from Paula Abdul to Paris Hilton—while also mocking her own relentless quest for fame.
Carefully planned controversy has become Griffin’s modus operandi. On a visit to ABC’s all-girl gabfest, The View, she made waves by predicting that young actress Dakota Fanning would end up in rehab. Most recently she riled Christians by making offensive remarks about Jesus at the Emmy Awards.
Though her act is not for the faint of heart, the provocative Griffin can also be laugh-out-loud funny. The bitch is back, and for many, she’s welcome.
