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W ere being someone
else, but we re not
l/ing or anything. We re
definitely boys in some
extent of female garb
and I think we con be
more artistic or more
oomedic and it just kind
of opens the book up
to be who you wont to
portray on stage."
Nights o f Cabiria , which she describes as the
Italian Breakfast at Tiffany's. In Italy, where
Pollizatto’s family is from, Cabiria is consid­
ered an ugly name, one that’s given to very
few children. It comes from cabir , or “big” in
Arabic, a connotation she says she’s willing
to embrace.
Her character is Italian, German and Jew­
ish and “busted her way to the top o f the pop
scene,” Cabiria says. But all that has faded
somewhat since the beginning as “she’s become
me—with sequins and glitter and a wig.”
Still, no one can deny that Cabiria has
taken Pollizatto places Mickey might not
have. She currently books more shows out
-B U L IM IA N N E R H A P S O D Y o f town than in Portland, but has performed
at Blow Pony, Dante’s, the Eagle and the E-
Room (Homomentum) as well as in Rome,
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Berlin and Scandinavia.
crossed the line.
“M y mantra is to perform and travel. O th­
“Some o f them have snapped at the term, erwise I have nothing to live for,” she says.
but they all think it’s hilarious,” she says.
Cabiria is performing as C J and the Dolls
“None o f them take it that seriously.”
June 18 at Rotture for the Menz Room Pride
A sense o f humor is vital to the former BBQ_ and party, headlines at the Havana
comedian—especially since Cabiria, the alter Club June 26 for Seattle Pride, and after she
ego o f 38-year-old Mickey Pollizatto, walked returns from a West Coast tour, Cabiria will
away from the group caught in candy and appear at the August 28 installment o f Blow
lightened up.
Pony.
“She’s gotten a lot brighter. She used to
For all her travels, Cabiria still likes Port­
be a lot darker,”.she says o f the character that land best, largely because it is an “anything
originated in the caught in candy musical goes” city. The town inspires her to live up
Fatal Flaw s performed at Portland’s Tim e- to her principles: “Keep pushing, do what
Based Arts Festival in 2006.
you want to do. You don’t have to follow
The name Cabiria comes from the film anybody’s rules.”
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