Kelli has a class project due today — we all thought we had another week to work on it, but it snuck up on us real quick-like, and here we are:
“Why did you start performing as LeslieAnn?
Somebody had to do it. Seriously, it just seemed to me to be the safe time to cross-dress, but that isn’t true under the Rule of Trump, just under the Rule of Law, which we no longer have. Notably, I have not performed as LeslieAnn nor have I costumed up for photo ops since Trump stole the Presidency with a trick of the Electoral College, while losing the popular vote. Gender, Race, Religion and Intelligence are all presently under attack, and I wouldn’t appear in public as anything but white Christian if I could help it. It’s tough enough to face the prejudice as a Jew — add to that the homophobia and racism and you get “No Comedy Tonight” — signs that hung outside theaters under Hitler’s regime. Like Hitler, Trump has zero sense of humor. My aim in comedy is not to perform it, but to teach it. I had good teachers, like Frank Gorshin and Jonathan Winters, and comedy is a great path to wisdom. For some oppressed people, it’s the only way they can get in a lick or two while being beaten to a pulp by a large bully or an overwhelming mob of crazed zombies. For some great examples of this, check out Mel Brooks’ takes on Hitler, Jeff Dunham’s political rips, and Carol Burnett’s entire show all the time. Like I said, many comedians want to be saying something clever while they’re being driven into the ground by a bully.
“What is the meaning of LeslieAnn?”
Nothing in particular. I like the name because it’s unusual enough that it can be used as a single name, which is how I always bill an act — easy to remember. Don’t overestimate the intelligence of humans of Planet Earth. LeslieAnn is the name I used for several female lifetimes and one male lifetime on Planet Earth — remember, please, that for me, a human being is merely an avatar in a fairly small and simple 37th century Full-Immersion Reality Game called “Urthgame”, and if you don’t believe me, you can look it up in the Akashic Records, which is presently called “google”. Continue reading →
