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...these really are women, not men--casting must have been a problem) descend from the elevated entrance balcony on two curved staircases. We are introduced to a small family of transvestite night club performers in St. Tropez: the proprietor and ringmaster Georges (Art Shettle), his diva husband, Albin or "Zsa-Zsa" (Michael Conte) and their motley crew of dancers and friends...
...desire to gain the approval of Anne's parents, and Georges' attempt to mediate produce a series of hilarious, made-for-TV situations of mishap and complication. Albin tries to act heterosexual; Jean-Michel's mother fails to show at the last moment; a restauranteuse identifies Albin as Zsa-Zsa...
Michael Conte as Albin is flamboyantly effeminate without overdoing it. His whimsical gestures and the simple, giggly joy we see on his face as he transforms himself into a woman in "A Little More Mascara" is hilariously frivolous. His singing is predictably nasal and weak as Zsa-Zsa, but intent and masculine in "I am what I am," signaling the end of Albin's tolerance for Jean-Michel's denial...
Yesterday Terminator co-star Linda Hamilton came in, as did Zsa Zsa Gabor. Arnold Schwarzenegger is said to be a silent partner in the place, and an enormous throne has been installed for his regular visits. Jeffrey Katzenberg, who runs Disney, brings his kids in for brunch during the summer. Julia Roberts, Sean Penn and Robert Altman have all stopped in from time to time. Even Bill Clinton has dropped by -- twice, in fact, first as a jogging candidate, and then in full presidential mode. "If you want to run into me or ICM's Jim Wiatt or Jeff Katzenberg...
...several weeks, the Letterman crew has been taping "remotes" that will look little different from the taped bits familiar to fans of his old show. So far, Letterman has gone on a tour of the CBS Broadcast Center, manned a drive- up window at McDonald's and escorted Zsa Zsa Gabor through a New Jersey neighborhood in a segment titled "Do You Have a Question for Zsa Zsa?" (Letterman's postmortem: "Only one person asked her about slapping the cop. I thought that...