Hollywood's great fracas
THE great Mr Incredible/Batgirl fracas on Hollywood's Walk of Fame has been
sorted out in court – more or less.
It happened late last year when Mr Incredible punched and kicked Batgirl then
shoved her into a rack of baseball caps. Chewbacca, Freddy Krueger and Wally –
from the Where's Wally? children's picture books – tried unsuccessfully to break it
up.
It shook Hollywood. People dressed in the Heroes costumes are a feature of the
Walk of Fame, where tourists pay to be photographed with them. It seems Mr
Incredible and Batgirl got involved in a bit of a turf war.
Mr Incredible was dragged to court, where he has been sentenced to three years'
probation and 20 days of roadside cleaning. He has to attend anger management
therapy and also has to stay away from the Hollywood Entertainment District.
Just as well Superman, Spiderman, Shrek and The Incredible Hulk weren't
involved. That could have turned really ugly.
Gals from Brazil?
READER Adrian Collingwood notes a picture earlier this week of Miss Universe 2014 crowning Miss
Universe 2015 and her runner-up. All three girls are identical.
"It recalls Ira Levin books from the 60s and 70s, The Boys From Brazil and The Stepford Wives which
raised the chilling prospects of cloned Hitlers and robotic wives.
"All of this has now come to pass. "
Yes, it is a little uncanny.
Kitty queue
THEY'RE queuing up for the kitties. Theatre personality Caroline Smart says she's got three definites
to take over the kittens – two pure white, one jet black - that have taken over her home in Mayville (as
featured recently) and has five on standby in case any of the definites pull out.
So her partner, yachting personality Peter Gardner, will soon have only the Black & White whisky to
play with.
Madiba music
BACK to her roots ... London concert pianist Renee Reznek will be playing in Pietermaritzburg on Tuesday, in
the city where she grew up.
She is currently on a tour of South Africa, where she has been performing for the first time in this country Hade
Tata (Sorry Father), a tribute by South African musician and composer Neo Muyanga to Nelson Mandela –
also a celebration of 20 years of democracy.
Other compositions she will play are by Erik Satie and Claude Debussy, as well as the celebrated Australian-
born composer Sadie Harrison.
Says Renée: " I'm especially excited about taking Hade Tata home. It means a lot to me to share this
music with South African audiences."
Renee is also promoting a CD called From Africa, which features new South African piano music
including PMB Impromptu, by Kevin Volans, as well as Hade Tata.
Tuesday's concert will be at 7.30 pm at 35 Montgomery Drive, Athlone. Admission of R120 includes
wine and coffee. Bookings: Booking@musicrevival.co.za or 033-3423051.
Secret room
OVERHEARD in the Street Shelter for the Over-Forties: "Just yesterday I found my wife hiding in a
secret room. I had no idea we had a kitchen."
Cross-dresser
WHEN a senior Ghanaian official had to go on a visit to ice-bound Germany, he wore
his wife's fur coat to keep out the cold.
Nobody in Germany seems to have remarked on it but when Johnson Asiedu Nketia
got home, pictures of him in the camel-coloured fur-trimmed outfit were all over social
media and he was being ridiculed as part of a "totally confused" administration.
Oh, I don't know. This is 2015 and attitudes to this kind of gender stereotyping have
changed. A little bird tells me that down at our own parliament, the EFF might be
about to spring a surprise with the gals in hard hats, overalls and gumboots and the
men in kitchen skirts.
Tailpiece
A GORGEOUS mum is trying to breastfeed her baby on the bus. Baby is having
none of it.
"Come on sweetie, take it all or I'll have to give it to this nice man next to us."
Five minutes later, the baby is still not feeding. "Come on, honey. Take it or I'll
give it to this nice man here."
A few minutes later, the man beside her blurts: "Come on kid, make up
your mind! I was supposed to get off four stops ago!"
Last word
Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.
Frank Zappa
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