Comedic bombshell Jennifer Coolidge, best known for her roles in American Pie, Legally Blonde and the Chris Guest “mockumentary” films Best in Show and Mighty Wind did two stand-up comedy shows at the Triple Door last Friday and the rowdy (and surprisingly gay) crowd fell in love with her surprisingly filthy and savage take on what it’s like to be a 40something actress in a town where Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian are considered “brilliant businesswoman”. Ms Coolidge proclaimed she loved being in Seattle, and was very happy to “get out of that town” and gave us a laundry list of things she hates about Hollywood and people she’s none too fond of, (Ms Hilton and Ms Kardashian and their ilk seemed to top her list), but she went after everyone in the TMZ. The audience seemed to eat it up…well, everything except the dis on Lady Gaga’s looks…that got a gasp of horror from the largely gay male audience.
But, to be fair, Ms Coolidge wasn’t afraid to tell tales about HERSELF, including the revelation that she, and as she slyly suggested, many actresses in Hollywood owed their Size 0 physiques to a steady diet of coke…and, she didn’t mean the soft drink. The ample lushness of Ms Coolidge’s current figure would be more than enough proof that she has long since abandoned following that weight loss plan, but her insinuations about its effectiveness so close to anecdotes about Ms Hilton and company, got her point across.
The show was great fun, though the last half of her set wasn’t as funny as the first half and some of her stories seemed to run out of steam before reaching their punchlines. I would give the divine Ms Coolidge a “B” for her endeavors but I’m giving a “D” to several drunken audience members who would NOT shut up during the entire show. At one point, towards the end, some fed up audience members who were adjacent to a table of the drunkest, loudest offenders, confronted the asshats about their stupidity and there was a minor scene. I really think the staff at The Triple Door could have done a better job of monitoring the intake of some of the rowdiest drunks and either cut them off, or tossed them out. I didn’t have to pay for my ticket, but if I had, I wouldn’t have been very happy to have shelled out $30/35 to have to listen to a bunch of drunk fags being mouthy and disrespectful towards the performer and their fellow audience members. If it means losing a couple dollars off some drunks bar tab, so be it. The drinks are so weak at The Triple Door, they are already making a fortune off everyone; it wouldn’t kill them to hire some security, or at least cut off the problem makers…though, I’m not sure HOW the drunks got that drunk on such weak drinks. They were either light weights, or had a few before coming to the show.
– Michael Strangeways
