Boeing Boeing

Juicelog Thurs 111007: What was meant to be a brief 5pm post-occupational drink with Boobita and Fragiler went on for a bit longer than intended. I think it might have been something to do with the lemonade. Or the lime juice. Or even the vodka.

Whatever it was, we arrived a tiny bit late for Boeing Boeing being performed at the Comedy theatre tonight. A 1960�s comedy that is set in Paris based on the love life of the central character Bernard (who is a playboy architect). He achieves this by dating three trolly dollys who work for three different airlines (TWA, Alitalia and Lufthansa). Aided by his housemaid (Bertha) and old Welsh school chum (Robert) you end up with a face paced farce that is amusing even though it perpetuates American, German and Italian sexist stereotypes comically executed by the three air stewardesses (Gloria, Gretchan and Gabriella).

As their timetables begin to collide, you get to see a lot of frantic door slamming in the semi-circled white paneled retro room with accompanying numerous doors. For me the subtle dreariness of Bertha and Robert contrasted well against the three colourful air stewardesses. But if there is one thing that is guaranteed to have you cackling out loud it would be Gretchan�s crass representation of her Germanic character.