November
16, 2012
I
had a diverting conversation with my wife on Friday night about the allure of
the extraordinary Melissa Madden Gray, the artist known as Meow Meow.
She
briefly wondered whether the boundlessly pneumatic cabaret artist appealed more
to blokes. And as I helped Meow crowd surf over our heads while she sang Come
Dance with Me, I confess I was reminded of Bob Menzies’ famous “I did but see
her passing by …”
But
Meow is much more clever than that. Her full-frontal attack on glamour, her
insurgency in the war of the sexes never says “come hither”. “Come over here
and do what you’re told” is more like it. Whatever empowerment is, that’s what
Meow Meow is peddling. She’s got a joke about what boys like and guys want –
and the women are in on it.
Link here to the complete review in The West Australian
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