World Enough and Time

I went tonight to see Eddie Izzard's current show at the National Arts Centre, Stripped: 2010 Canadian National Tour. Basically he tells the history of mankind in his own stream-of-consciousness style, with the running theme of the absurdity of religion. With segues into giraffe language and the moon landing. With certain recurring characters - the wifeless squirrel, the journalling squid, the jazz chicken, and Steve - the guy who invented hunting with weapons.

He said he was in girl-mode today, which meant tight jeans, lots of make-up, and very high heels.

I laughed a lot but I really lost control when he started talking about the Latin language. "Quod the fuck?" Here's an earlier version of the skit.

And though I can't remember exactly how it went, his ending was something like this: "The squid writes words of wisdom: think outside the box. The transvestite on stage tells you, the people of Ottawa, to think outside the box. When you're a transvestite on stage, you have to think outside the box."