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If you've got a taste for Sandra, it never got any better than this. To have seen it live back in the 80s in New York City was a lucky break for me but this recording is an amazing record of that event.

Through the years Sandra has been frustrating, arrogant, angry, dismissive, contradictory and even tiresome. I'm sure she would be happy to accept all of that but then again, who cares about her offstage? One should appreciate the work and there is so much to enjoy here.

This is theater, this is performance, this is perfection.
Truly a comic masterpiece.

As audio needs to deliver imagery and laughs through voice alone, this recording turns out to be more refined and vivid than the video of the same name. The pacing is slower, yes, but the setup is more succesful, and not rushed as in the movie. Bernhard tries on personalities and develops entire scenarios that revel in a jaded non-mainstream view of the cutlture. It should have panned out for her, but the culture was in a dumbening trend that still hasn't peaked, and few can handle her challenging material, or her signature bitterness

Let me start by saying that I am not a die-hard Sandra Bernhard fan. Not all of her comedy shows have been great, and we know her acting limitations (remember Hudson Hawk).

That said, this recording of her broadway (or off-off-Broadway) show is truly inspired madness, and much better than the film version that was adpated from this work.

Part comedy, part musical, I can promise that this recording is laugh-out-loud hilarious, even after hearing it multiple times. I think my favorite routine is the one regarding Sandra's supposed love affair with Stevie Nicks.

This is truly a keeper. Get ready to pay big money for it, as it is in high demand and is out of print.