“enthralled” Globe and Mail theatre critic J. Kelly Nestruck on I w@s B*rbie

(the following text is excerpted from Nestruck’s larger review of the Summerworks festival.)

I was also enthralled by transgendered actor Nina Arsenault’s I Was Barbie, her true story about playing the famous doll at a gala in the toy’s honour held in Toronto. Through a haze of Ativan and champagne, she gives us a penetrating peek behind the scenes at a party full of models, fashion journalists, rappers and Ben Mulroney – it’s gonzo journalism that would make Hunter S. Thompson proud.

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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/theatre/nestruck-on-theatre/turn-your-attention-away-from-homegrown-at-summerworks/article1671512/

Hunter S. Thompson