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Cut to:
Jenny putting up posters for a 80's Trans Prom Top Surgery Benefit Party.
She groans, saying "Oh shoot! I should've called it 'Take My Breasts Away' -
that would've been so much more tragic!" MoiraMax doesn't think it's tragic,
but Jenny explains that she didn't mean it like "sad and upset" tragic, more
like 'awful 80's fashion, Milli Vanilli' tragic. And we all know, Milli
Vanilli WERE the epitomy of tragic. In fact they were the poster boys for
it! lol!
Kit comes along then, asking what they are calling the party etc She goes
down-home, calling MoiraMax "girl!", y'know, in that sassy black way she
does. MoiraMax snaps that she's NOT a girl, and Kit covers her error quickly
by saying that she calls everyone "girl!". MANgus arrives with a drink and
the handy deadpan comment of, "She even calls ME girl..."
Hehe, I do find Kit and him really funny. They have some great comedic
moments ;-)
MoiraMax keeps on though, saying it's important and not a joke - Kit should
call him a he etc. Kit isn't stupid though and she understands what MoiraMax
is going to do to 'herself'. She goes on to say that she understands some of
Max's struggle but she's worried about what she's going to do to herself
etc. She challenges Max, saying that changing her body isn't going to solve
all her problems and MoiraMax says he realises that. "It just saddens me to
see so many of our strong, butch girls giving up their womanhood to be a
man!" Kit stresses to MoiraMax.
Er, "OUR strong butch girls"?
Since when did Kit become a lesbian!
*wonders if I blinked and missed it last week*
She goes on, "We're losing our greatest warriors, our women, and I don't
wanna lose you!"
*ok, Kit's become a lesbian AND leader of the Amazon nation since last week
- I DEFINITELY musta nodded off somewheres....*
MoiraMax pleads to her, saying she's not following some trend or fad. "What
if I lived my life feeling white inside, and the next day I woke up and
could change the colour of my skin, the features on my face to become white
- would you encourage me to do that?" she questions Max.
*imagines Kit as Michael Jackson*
*shudders*
MoiraMax is sorta stumped at that one, eventually challenging Kit with "DO
you feel white inside?!" Kit comes back with "What's WHITE inside, what's
MALE inside?"
~ I dunno......a polar bear maybe? ;-) ~
She grills Max, pleading why can't she be the butchest butch she can
possibly be and STILL keep her body as it is. MoiraMax answers with a
heartfelt plea that she wants to feel "whole" - she wants the outside of her
to match the inside.
I don't think this whole thing is something ANYONE can grasp or understand
unless you're going through it or have gone through it yourself.
"You'll be giving up the most precious thing in the world!" says Kit
"What? My tits!?" says Max
"Being a WOMAN" answers Kit.
Y'know, Kit's wrong there.
I went to a Starbucks the other month and ordered a cup of that cream they
put on top of the coffees and hot chocolates. Yep, I ordered a cup of JUST
whipped, fluffy, sweet, luxurious cream.
AND they served it to me! Kit, my dear, now THAT is the most precious thing
in the world!
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm........
*makes the face and the noise Homer makes when he thinks of donuts*
Cut to:
Dr Susan Love signing a copy of her Breast Book for Alice.
Now, despite knowing sod all about Dr Love, I can tell you one thing for
sure:
Dr Love cannot act for toffee. Miss Chaiken Miss Chaiken Miss Chaiken.... If
you MUST have guest stars in your quirky little lesbian show, the LEAST you
could do is make sure they can ACT!
Dr Love reckons Dana is right to have had Chemotherapy, but to make sure not
to disregard complimentary therapies also. Dana wants to know what she can
do to help Dr Love and Alice asks if she's indeed looking for a cancer cure.
Dr Love (< I can't say her name without sounding like a late-night sleazy DJ
on some soul Radio station! lol! Dr Lurrrrrve!) explains that.....
Now HERE in the program they may as well have just edited in an educational
clip, cause that's ALL Dr love is doing - she's not acting, she's giving a
mini-seminar on the root causes of breast cancer etc. Seemingly it starts in
the milk ducts. Never knew that. When she pauses for breath Dana and Alice
say that's amazing and wow, and Alice's "wow" has more acting in it that any
sentence Dr Love has said so far. Dana reiterates that she wants to help in
any way she can as it's given her a new lease of life hearing Dr Love talk
etc
Cut to:
In a rather bad bit of continuity, Alice is seen walking into Wax with 6
cakes (that look like boobies with cherries for nipples) Surely they could
have just slipped in a teeny scene with someone else so that Alice would
have had two seconds to get from talking with Dr Love to carrying these
cakes into Wax?!
THESE kind of little, easy to correct mistakes are what I think lets this
show down the most.
Just a little more attention - to detail, to the plot/script etc - and it
could be up there with the best.
Jenny comes over saying hello and comments on how good the cakes look.
However, she fails to mention that at a party with a load of people coming,
6 small cupcakes isn't really going to cut it in the food department.
;-)
Shane, who was helping MoiraMax, goes over to help Carmen put up some
decorations for the party. But Carmen has it under control and when Shane
insists on helping her, she snaps at her, "I GOT IT!" Shane does a double
take at this and questions her girlfriend on what's the matter - she's been
snappy and uncooperative for days now! Carmen sarcastically explains that
when she's making love to Shane, Shane is sorta 'not there'. i.e. she's
distracted, her brain checks out etc Shane totally denies this, until Carmen
asks her the last time she came. Shane is speechless for two seconds then
argues that has nothing to do with it. Carmen, on the other hand, puts
forward her theory that because Shane has gotten herself into a nice, comfy
relationship, that it pisses her off and she's punishing Carmen as a result.
Hmmmmm, the stunning Latin goddess could have a point there......
She goes over to talk to Jenny then, leaving Shane to fume and wallow in her
self-denial that there's anything wrong at all. Her and Jenny start talking
about their prom nights and unfortunately the sound and picture on my copy
of the episode then goes faulty for about 5 seconds, so I missed whatever
everyone says there. When the sound comes back, Carmen is telling Jenny and
Alice about her prom night. Seemingly Carmen's date took her to a porn
festival where she taught Carmen to 69.
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