Theater Review: HarveyFierstein wrote and stars in this loving solo tribute to political firebrand BellaAbzug, set on election night of her NY State Senate campaign, 'Bella Bella'
. In this age of heightened sensitivity around gender representation, it's understandable that there might have been some concern about seeming disrespectful, particularly when the character in question was so revered for her pioneering battles against the sexist political hegemony. But Fierstein's text is such an unabashed love letter and his portrayal so mushy he could never be accused of mockery.
Fierstein structures the piece as a direct-address monologue, with Bella taking us into her confidence as she tries to ignore the mounting evidence that she will lose by the narrowest of margins to Daniel Patrick Moynihan. "I have never entered a race I didn't win. Eventually," she says early on, before needling uncertainty starts to rattle her confidence.
Fierstein frequently brings a light touch where you least expect it, for instance in Abzug's legal representation of women dragged before the House Committee on UnAmerican Activities: "Boy, what fun we had with that wacky Joe McCarthy." Elsewhere, the material is deeply sorrowful.
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