Posted on 10/01/2002 4:51:02 PM PDT by GHOST WRITER
WE ALL know Barbra Streisand doesn't enjoy singing in public - she tells us this all the time - but you'd never have known it from her demeanor Sunday night at the Kodak Theater in L.A.! In clear, brilliant tones, Streisand, dressed in silver, with diamonds at her throat, took the stage for 45 minutes to rapturous applause. She sang not for her supper, but to raise funds for the Democratic Party.
From "My Funny Valentine" to "Evergreen," Barbara's voice was, well, like buttah. This very serious funny girl actually seemed to be enjoying herself, and when Barbra enjoys herself, you know it and feel it. She built power with each song, and brought her political activism to fever pitch with a new specially written version of "The Way We Were" - changed to "The Way We Are" with lyrics by Marilyn and Alan Bergman. This version socked it to President Bush and Republican leadership: "Scattered pictures of the 'House' we left behind . . . "I could sleep nights instead of weep nights." She listed, one by one, each "sin" the Democrats hold Republicans responsible for over the past two years. She didn't hold back (well, when has she ever?), calling the president and vice president "frightening," and shaming Bush for wanting "unlimited power." No matter one's political affiliations, Streisand's commitment and the deft way she handled the complicated new lyrics, was breathtaking. Why, she even recited a bit from William Shakespeare's "Julius Ceasar," making the point that "400 years later, justice is wearing a shroud."
She topped it all off with a stunning "God Bless America." Miss Streisand believes in the old adage - if you're gonna be a bear, be a grizzly. She was awarded with numerous standing ovations.
Barry Manilow performed before Miss Streisand. He was in terrific voice too. Three Mo' Tenors also gave their all. But nothing could top the very-much-not-retired Barbra.
Manilow said, "I think we should send Barbra to Washington. At least she would properly pronounce 'nuclear.' "
Yeah, well that's going to be the reaction when the Republicans respond to this legend's thrown-down gauntlet.
No she didn't. She recited some internet gibberish that was attributed to Shakespeare...Typically representative of the liberal's research of the facts and respect for the truth.
Think she could be a fighter pilot? What about get a graduate degree from an Ivy League school? What about run the largest state in the Continental US? What about run the US?
Barbra Streisand is a ditzy, ugly, ignorant person who happens to have a good singing voice. Why anyone cares about her I don't know.
Well, Miss Manilow, I'm sure President Bush knows the meanings of the words "is", "alone", and "sex."
Strike up the band to play Send in the Clowns
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