Tuesday, October 10, 2023

AN EVENING WITH KITTEN (1983) ***

Kitten Natividad comes out of a trashcan dressed as a cat in a skintight body suit.  Then, we get a flashback to her as a flat-chested homeless person dreaming of being a movie star.  When she drinks a beverage called “Incredible Bulk”, she has an Incredible Hulk-style scene where her boobs burst out of her shirt. 

How’s that that for a superhero origin story?

Kitten then appears on stage and does a series of sexy stripteases (including taking a bubble bath in an oversized martini glass).  Meanwhile, the guys in the audience fantasize about her.  One dude imagines himself in yellow face doing karate when Kitten comes along and knocks a tree over with her tits.  The next audience member imagines flashing her on the street, and she sicks her dog on him.  Another guy fantasizes her as a giant in the streets of Hollywood.  She even puts The Brown Derby restaurant on her head and wears it as a hat.  (I didn’t know how much I needed “Kitten Kong” in my life till I saw this scene.)  The next patron imagines he’s a tennis player and Kitten cheers him on.  Another pictures himself as a king with Kitten as his queen.  He paces back and forth, waiting for her to give birth to… Uh… A dragon hand puppet?!?  The following audience member sees himself as Dracula, but he gets lockjaw right when he’s about to bite into her massive mammaries.  Another one has a dream he’s fishing and hooks Kitten as a sexy mermaid.  Ironically, the game warden makes him throw her back because she’s too small.  Finally, the last guy has a silent movie-inspired dream where he rescues Kitten from being tied to the train tracks.  (This scene features some rapid-fire editing reminiscent of Kitten’s work with Russ Meyer, which makes sense as director, Les Barnum was his assistant on a couple of films.)

An Evening with Kitten is only a half-hour long, which is probably the ideal length for this sort of thing.  I’m not sure if they could’ve possibly sustained the concept any longer without it getting stale.  (Or annoying.)  Kitten is obviously sexy and a gifted comedienne.  I think An Evening with Kitten was her way of reminding the audience of the latter, but at the same time, show her boobs just enough so no one felt shortchanged.  I’m not saying any of this is actually laugh out loud funny, but it’s totally worth it for her many fans.  Even if you never heard of her, the Incredible Hulk and King Kong parodies are enough to make it highly recommended.

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