Sordid Lives by Del Shores
April 11, 12, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26, 2008

Looking for a little something from the lunatic fringe? Sordid Lives is a tragic tale of loss, love and white trash etiquette. The setting is Winters, Texas, and the characters have names like Sissy, Noleta, Latrelle, La Vonda and Brother Boy.

Sissy is trying to quit smoking, mamma has just died an accidental death at a local cheap motel and Brother Boy has been locked up in the mental institution because he thinks he’s Tammy Wynette...And you thought you had problems!  Filled with references that we can identify with: Laugh-In reruns, Thelma & Louise, and Oprah, it is a laugh a minute farce of twisted lives, death, tears, infidelity, nymphomania and other ‘comic events’.

The  denizens of this cultural black hole certainly put the ‘fun’ back in dysfunctional, and play out their lives against a backdrop of cigarettes, roll-up hair curlers and Airstream trailers. There’s gossiping, pill-popping, eating, talk of honky-tonkying, gun handling, and motorcycle riding. You’ll just hate to admit how much you enjoy the company of these White Trash folks!

This show has some strong  language.