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Tracey Ullman
efore she W'.l'3 a fabulous comedy
chameleon, Tracey Ullman was a
teen dancer toming with a gaggle
of chorus boys. In her variety
shows-the 1987-1900 Fox series
Tile Tracey Ullman 811010 (which spawned
Tile SimpsolI.» ancl HBO's Tracey Takes
On ... , Ullman has "become" a gay male
night attendant , a lesbian professional
golfer, an adorable adolescent \ith two gay
dads. This year lJilimlll is teaming with Carol
Burnett in a new TV version of Once Upon a
Mu,ltress. And on May 14 H130 presents
Tracey Ullman: Liur; & Erposecl, a smash
ing stand-np show timt tells the whole st011'
oflJlh11an's perfonnin g life. -Michael Gillz
Live & Exposed makes jI: dear you
missed periorming to ail audience.
Goel bless BBO for letting me do this, letting
me reenact stufffi·Olll when I was G. It made
1\lE' realize I've always done ba'3ically what I
did on my mother's \ indowsilL You got a big dose of "gay" back ill
your dancing days.
Did I say t.he word "gay" enough in the
show? Gay, gay, gay' [7'rilling] That was the
dmlce world. I had so much 11m getting out
of my house and going to Berlin when I was
16. 'n1ey were a big family, and they all took
care of me. It was an astonishin g time.
Berlin was amazing, decadent, and fun. It
was an oasis then. \'ow it's honible.
Any chance you'll tour with Ulis'! lUte
lena Home: The Lady and Her Music?
If I did wallt to do a short run onstage,
there's so much more I could put in, like my
experiences with Meryl Streep. [Oul (~f
1/00chere] And when are we going to get the
gay channel"?
There's one in Canada.
I know, I saw it. Why don't we have that
here? It's going to happen. You've got the
Korean channel and the Hindu charmeL TIiere's om.'! gay person you still hold f,\
grudge against-the theater director
who YGU thought p!t1inted to you at an
mnHtion wiHm you were a teen. He said:
"Nor 110, no, flO, !lo!" He wanted the
blond gin next to you.
I'Ullever forget the hlUniJiation, you honible
'70s English queen with yom clipboard and
your bugly stuffed ~illy' I always remem\)('r
those guys-they used to call each other
Gladys and Daisy. That was when they did
gay talk No one does that anymore because
you don't hav to.
it seems alrllost evei)' decade YOli give
us a variety show. We're about due for
another one, aren't we?
I guess so. I'm a bit more ready for an An·
gela Lansbury Mm'del', She Wrote-type
sedentary sClies. She'd pop in at the begin·
ning. "There's been a murder at the local
theater, Jes..'iica." And then people took over
efore she W'.l'3 a fabulous comedy
chameleon, Tracey Ullman was a
teen dancer toming with a gaggle
of chorus boys. In her variety
shows-the 1987-1900 Fox series
Tile Tracey Ullman 811010 (which spawned
Tile SimpsolI.» ancl HBO's Tracey Takes
On ... , Ullman has "become" a gay male
night attendant , a lesbian professional
golfer, an adorable adolescent \ith two gay
dads. This year lJilimlll is teaming with Carol
Burnett in a new TV version of Once Upon a
Mu,ltress. And on May 14 H130 presents
Tracey Ullman: Liur; & Erposecl, a smash
ing stand-np show timt tells the whole st011'
oflJlh11an's perfonnin g life. -Michael Gillz
Live & Exposed makes jI: dear you
missed periorming to ail audience.
Goel bless BBO for letting me do this, letting
me reenact stufffi·Olll when I was G. It made
1\lE' realize I've always done ba'3ically what I
did on my mother's \ indowsilL You got a big dose of "gay" back ill
your dancing days.
Did I say t.he word "gay" enough in the
show? Gay, gay, gay' [7'rilling] That was the
dmlce world. I had so much 11m getting out
of my house and going to Berlin when I was
16. 'n1ey were a big family, and they all took
care of me. It was an astonishin g time.
Berlin was amazing, decadent, and fun. It
was an oasis then. \'ow it's honible.
Any chance you'll tour with Ulis'! lUte
lena Home: The Lady and Her Music?
If I did wallt to do a short run onstage,
there's so much more I could put in, like my
experiences with Meryl Streep. [Oul (~f
1/00chere] And when are we going to get the
gay channel"?
There's one in Canada.
I know, I saw it. Why don't we have that
here? It's going to happen. You've got the
Korean channel and the Hindu charmeL TIiere's om.'! gay person you still hold f,\
grudge against-the theater director
who YGU thought p!t1inted to you at an
mnHtion wiHm you were a teen. He said:
"Nor 110, no, flO, !lo!" He wanted the
blond gin next to you.
I'Ullever forget the hlUniJiation, you honible
'70s English queen with yom clipboard and
your bugly stuffed ~illy' I always remem\)('r
those guys-they used to call each other
Gladys and Daisy. That was when they did
gay talk No one does that anymore because
you don't hav to.
it seems alrllost evei)' decade YOli give
us a variety show. We're about due for
another one, aren't we?
I guess so. I'm a bit more ready for an An·
gela Lansbury Mm'del', She Wrote-type
sedentary sClies. She'd pop in at the begin·
ning. "There's been a murder at the local
theater, Jes..'iica." And then people took over