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Last of the Red-Hot Dadas

by Kerry Reid

Review in the List (August 2003)
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Celebrating the avant-garde

Introducing Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven - a woman with the sexual aspirations of Sex and the City;s Samantha, a face like a punked-up Warhol print and vulgar vocabulary to boot.

Directed by John Warren, Christina Augello;s portrayal of Elsa is a colourful memoir of the American Dada movement, celebrating the avant-garde spirit of the early 20th century. Aided by puppets and cheap phallic gags, the undisputed "Mama of Dada" tells her story of love, art, a pained childhood, and the adult quest for sexual gratification.

Garbed in Kathryn Wood's outrageous, witty attire, Augello's performance is virtually faultless, though the comic potential is sometime lost to a divergent narrative. (Andrea Harkin)

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