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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (April 1, 2005)
aprii 1. 2005 * jUSt OUt39 port security? [Last November in Fort Laud erdale, Fla., LuPone was subjected to what she called “a breast exam” by a screener with the Transportation Security Administration. The previous September, changes in airport security increased the number and intensity of “pat-downs” after two Chechen women blew up a Russian jetliner.] PL: 1 was just one of many. There were so many articles written, and so many women complained.... These Chechen women had bombs strapped to their midriffs, and so now [rhe government] can feel women’s tits? ...This is a very scary and dangerous place we’re living in. FS: Did the incident change your views on those issues at all? PL: No, I’ve always had strong opinions about them. That’s why I got in trouble; I spoke up. I didn’t take it. I asked a friend who said, “It happens to me all the time—I wear a padded bra.” I said, “You let it happen?” A lot of women just t(x>k it because we’re a bunch of lemmings and afraid for our lives, but they’re pitting us [Americans] against each other. Each of us is a potential terrorist, and each of them [TSA officials] is a potential idiot. The problem was communication. 1’11 do what you want, but you have to tell me what you want. They wanted me to take off my shirt, and I told them I would be exposed, so then they moved me into secondary screening. Then a woman came over and, without asking, I felt up my breast. And not with the back of her | hand. I said, “What is going on?” They wouldn’t | tell me. FS: But the policy has been changed now? PL: They are not allowed to touch women on the breasts any longer...1 was only instru- j mental in bringing it to the front. There was a woman who went to rhe [American Civil Lib erties Union]. There was going to be a lawsuit. There were just enough women who said this I has gone too far. FS: Who would play Patti LuPone in the t movie of your life? PL: Patti LaBelle. Everybody calls me Patti LaBelle, so she might as well play my life. She never gets called Patti LuPone, but 1 always get Patti LaBelle. FS: How have you been able to sustain your voice and career for more than 30 years? PL: 1 wish I knew...I was blessed with a strong set of pipes. jH performs Matters of the Heart at 7:30 p.m. April 5 to 8, at 2 and 7:30 p.m. April 9 and at I and 6:30 p.m. April 10 at Keller Auditorium, 222 S.W? Clay St. Tickets are $ I0-$46 from 503-241 -1802 or Ticketmaster. PATTI L u P one F loyd SKLAVER appears as Evita in the privacy of his own home. A comedic story of unconditional love, acceptance, and "coming out" in a Texas family. TRIANGLE PRODUCTIONS! with the generous support of April 8 - May 7, 2005 Theater! Theatre! 3430 SE Belmont $19/advance $23/at door For tickets call quartet. (The sophisticated minor-key arrange ment of the Rodgers and Hammerstein chest Patti LuPone • Varese Records nut “A Wonderful Guy” makes you hear the song with new ears.) The CD Matters of the Heart is a revelation. Overall, though, one is reminded of just Patti LuPone, who was paro what a remarkable instrument died in Forbidden Broadway as LuPone’s voice is—able to go an imperious, inarticulate diva, from full brassy belt to a Patti LuPone has produced a recording of hushed whisper without so enormous intelligence and much as a breath. Her rafter beauty. raising takes on Sondheim’s The collection of 20 songs, “Not a Day Goes By” and only a handful of which were “Back to Before” (from the written for the theater, draws musical Ragtime) are guaran from contemporary pop com teed to give you goose bumps. matter«» ox the heart posers as varied as John Throw in some comic turns, Lennon, Paul McCartney and and Matters of the Heart pro Judy Collins. LuPone’s versions vides not only a texthxik les of rock ballads are surprisingly effective, partic son on how to craft an emotionally satisfying ularly her cover of The Hollies’ “The Air That concert experience, but a fitting testimony to a I Breathe.” She is aided throughout by exceed supremely talented artist. ingly classy arrangements for piano and string —FS Matters of the Heart 503-239-5919 Purchase online WWW. tripro.org 1 Corner of Sandy Blvd. & NE 64th 3106 NE 64th Portland, OR 97213 503-280-8080 GALA CONCERT ROSE CITY GAY FREEDOM BAND If4- My (jifts for Romance in an ‘Elegant Setting Your #1 choice 24/7/365 GETS DOWN with SYMPHONIC ano POP MUSIC INCLUDING PERFORMANCES BY ROSE CITY SWING andthi RCGFB MARCHING BAND Kaul Auditorium at Reed College TICKETS S12 S8/ seniors / students at Music Millennium w HOSE CHY GAY IRHWM MW ROSE CITY GAY FREEDOM BAND is a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit organization 503 790-2170 www rcgfb.org
