Attention Fags & Hags! I might be late to the party, and if that’s the case, shame on anyone who knew about Catherine Cohen and didn’t tell me. If you’re unaware of Cat, let me introduce you to one of the funniest divas I’ve discovered in a while. She’s got the humor of Julie Brown, the musical stylings of early Holiday Sidewinder, and the stage presence of Bridget Everett. My ideal trifecta.
Spotify introduced me to Cat’s song “can you send me that??” It was love at first foot pic and I instantly cashed in my Amazon digital credits to download her Overdressed album. I’m all about any diva who has drag queens in her videos, gives shout outs to her best friend who’s an “amazing gay guy” and warns of the hazard of getting sand in your pussy hole. Cat’s sound is fun with just the right amount of camp and cheese but it doesn’t get old with multiple listens. In my gay opinion, her torchy male-objectifying “I Like Men” is an instant classic, with her rattling off all her types…even the ones who don’t know how to properly moisturize.
I also found her special “Catherine Cohen: The Twist?…She’s Gorgeous” on Netflix. It was shot at Joe’s Pub in New York City which is the perfect venue for Catherine’s stylings. I have seen some of the greatest divas there like Bridget Everett and Sandra Bernhard. Catherine’s humor is random, unexpected and not for the easily offended…if titty fucking is outside your comfort zone, this isn’t the special for you and you might want to get that stick up your butt looked at. Her feminist humor is both funny and has a message. Catherine rules over the stage in her pink, rhinestone romper doing a mix of standup, “dancing”, singing, and poetry. She would make any guncle very proud.
Speaking of poetry, if musical diva and comedian wasn’t enough, Cat is also an author, having written “God I Feel Modern Tonight: Poems From A Gal About Town” that contains a few poems she read in her special and others. I have been reading a bit more poetry lately (“Vision Bent” by John L. Harmon and “Eat The World” by Marina Diamandis) but Cat’s prose is more random and light. Light both emotionally and physically (the book is only 69 pages, coincidence, I think not) because as she explains “I would read more if it were easier to hold a book up while lying down they are too heavy.” My fav poems are “poem I wrote after I crummed (crum: to cry and cum at the same time)” and “poem I wrote after I sent three guys the same nude” where she preaches “but now the only holy trinity in my life is yeast infections, diarrhea and period blood.”
Amen to that and whatever Cat comes up with next!
