Charles Pierce Review

Pierce sits in a mans suit and speaks to the camera about a debauched society and supporting Planned Parenthood. Shot of the audience watching. Pierce sings “Come back to me” in a blue evening gown and a blond fall. He does several costume changes, a go-go dress, a black evening gown. Pierce plays an effeminate football player and is interviewed by a man in a suit about his favorite sport. Pierce does his famed impression of Bette Davis as Queen Elizabeth. She sits on a throne while a courtier kneels before her, she then turns to her lady in waiting . They do a scene from the movie, the dialogue comedically modified for the audience. Elizabeth takes the courtier in her arms, the lady in waiting puts a ring on Elizabeth’s’ finger and tries to kiss her. Transition to Pierce dressed in a bustier and a tattered slip, he sings and dances as a washed up drunken old broad. He sticks a cigarette up his nose, waves a bottle around and passes out on the floor.
A man in shadow in a fedora, a suit and feminine face make-up, is approached by another man in leather who offers him a cigarette. The two silently proposition each other. They both flash their cop badges at each other and walk off screen arms entwined. Pierce in a gold sequined gown reclines on a leopard print blanket draped over a couch. He sings while taking a telephone apart. As he sings he leans back on the couch and falls behind it . He starts chewing on the phone cord, jumps on the couch and covers himself in a blanket. He then steps out onstage front and center as Sheila, Hollywood trash talker. He reads off a page of copy and then goes into the Bette Davis routine again and a then a Liz Taylor impression. He steps out again, this time in a black gown, and does a snippet from a movie. In a red wig now, and in yet another sequined outfit he tells a story about lesbians. We then see him sitting incognito in the audience watching himself. In an outrageous gaudy frock he swings while he sings “San Francisco” End credits.