Who’s that Chik!
October 1, 2009
i’ve seen another amazing fringe show. Having a good season so far.
Candy Bowers in Who’s that Chik? (“A hip hop tale of a brown girl with big dreams”).. Candy B is probably best known as Rasheda Eda MC of Sista She.. and now she has ventured into the world of the solo show.
Hip hop superstar.
With sister Busty Beats on sound (and video perhaps).
i don’t want to give too much away, but this show draws on the lady’s life history. Hip Hop etiquette 101 meets Candy B’s ethnicity. If you’ve ever wanted to ask her, “So where are you from?” (Dandenong!) this show will give you the answer. She is not happy about the lack of cultural representation given to minority people and particularly people of colour. One act features Candy on fire (metaphorically?) with anger. This was really strong and emotional and courageous and beautiful and it hit me bang in the heart.
Full on. Go Candy.
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“But where is your hair from?”
“Uh.. my head.”
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Ooh look here she is in a preview:
and here’s some more publicity shots:
if that doesn’t convince you, please note that in the tags for that second video on you tube, the lady herself lists “velurejumpsuit” and “hoodie”
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So anyway, What Was i Thinking sitting in the front row? All on my own?
i was thinking.. “this show is going to be righteous! and Somebody has to sit in the front row. What is wrong with you people!”
You do feel a bit vulnerable in that position, but fortunately for me when Candy singled me out for some audience participation, it was for the final dance, when my heart was already jumping from her “on fire” closing number.
Ka boom.
Sweet.
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other links
- Candy B was on Q & A recently (vodcast links here).
- Melbourne fringe site Chik page.
- A recent interview at same same.
- Review from when the show was in Sydney.
..but wait here’s more.. an interview where she talks about a different show that i wish i’d seen now, where she had young people and senior citizens on stage in Footscray earlier this year:
Plus, one more.. via Defamer Australia: the Lionel Ritchie “All Night Long” video clip (which Candy incidentally showed as a video during the show).
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