The Malay Mail
February 15, 2002

Privileged vagina?
Kudos to Bawdy Karen
But why YES to The American Woman; NO to The Vagina Monologues?
by Yannie

All hail Karen Loftus. She was a class stand-up comic act. Above all, she has the distinction of being accorded privileged vagina status by our administrators at City Hall.

Yes, one day after smugly slamming shut
The Vagina Monologues(TVM), in all blind and deaf magnanimity, City Hall granted Karen Loftus the benefit to do an inspired play.

The Instant Café Theatre's presentation of Karen Loftus The American Woman at Dewan Somasundram recently was an evening of wild and roaring laughter that was infectious. She had an air about herself which could make crass look like class. In her hand it was roaring comic art that could not but explode in its rip-roaring propensity for laughter to ring and reverberate through the whole auditorium.

Having banned TJM, it would be really worthy t hear Datuck Ruslin's rationale in respect top City Hall's magnanimity in allowing Karen Loftus The American Woman to perform.

Her observations are exceedingly sharp and her impersonations of the characters she brings to life in her casual charming style is simply funny to the bone. Her impersonation of the Russian prostitute was simply smashing. Even her impersonation of the South Korean women in the sauna who could not but exclaim to her; "You so big!" Her "You so big!" screech sent the audience into delirious fist of laughter.

That is the talented artiste Karen Loftus. She will always remember her KL date because in impoverished times, she has the rare distinction of earning privileged vagina status from City Hall.