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Sandra Bernhard.


Comedian and songstress song·stress  
n.
1. A woman who performs songs, especially ballads or popular songs.

2. A woman who writes songs. See Usage Note at -ess.
 Sandra Bernhard Sandra Bernhard (born June 6 1955 in Flint, Michigan) is an American comedian, actress, author and singer. She first gained attention in the late 1970s with her stand-up comedy where she often bitterly critiques celebrity culture and political figures.  tours the Midwest and East Coast in December with fellow diva Cyndi Lauper.

I read on your blog that you and Cyndi performed together in May. Was that the impetus for this tour?

We've done two benefits together, and we had a great time. And then we did one number together, "Money [Changes Everything]," that great song, and yeah! We thought it would be fun to go out on tour together, do some dates.

The thought of you sharing a bill with a straight-ahead singer seems interesting, because your performances are so cabaret cabaret

Restaurant that serves liquor and offers light musical entertainment. The cabaret probably originated in France in the 1880s as a small club that presented amateur acts and satiric skits lampooning bourgeois conventions.
, there's so much going on. Will you be shifting to a more musical-type act?

Probably a little less musical. I'm actually going to work with her band, so I'll do an opening number, then the body of the thing will be stuff that's super political and cultural. You know, it irks me every day, there's just so much to take in. I like to be the sort of person who dissects it and presents it, and hopefully in an inspirational in·spi·ra·tion·al  
adj.
1. Of or relating to inspiration.

2. Providing or intended to convey inspiration.

3. Resulting from inspiration.
 and intelligent way. So there'll be a lot of that, and then we'll do "Money" together during her set.

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I really don't, t think I played it out in my own life so much that I've thrown in the towel. [Laughs]
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Title Annotation:SHORT ANSWERS
Author:Duralde, Alonso
Publication:The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
Article Type:Interview
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Dec 20, 2005
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