Review #234: Dina Martina’s Christmas show
This isn’t going to be a very good review. That is to say, the quality of my review will be poor. I don’t know if it was because of the drinks I had before and during the show or because I was just having such a great time, but I didn’t take many mental notes. I mean, I could describe the things that happened and jokes, but there is no way it would do the show justice. But I assure you, I give the Dina Martina Christmas Show the highest rating I might give if I had any sort of rating system.
One great thing a performer can do is put their audience at ease. I knew some audience participation would be involved, and I had an aisle seat. I get nervous about getting picked out of an audience sometimes. When the time came, she only picked people who raised their hands because she didn’t want to make anyone uncomfortable. How considerate! It makes me love her even more. Since I was in an aisle seat she still sang at me a couple of times.
The show was a mix of singing, videos, and handing out gifts (pronounced “jifts”). The singing was out of control of course, with its off-key, out-of-tune incorrect lyrics. She sang one song towards the end with a vocoder on her vocals. That’s the part where I laughed the hardest. The videos were fun, with Dina’s head imposed over old footage. My favorite was “It’s A wonderful Life”. The card said “…and every time angel gets it’s wings, Zuzu’s head spins around.” You can guess what happened after that.
The jifting was fun because you get to see what cool things people get (like Dr. Pepper flavored beef jerky) and there was a particularly creepy helper named “Secret Santa.” How to describe him…I can’t really. He had on a mask and wig and a dirty Santa’s hat. He didn’t say a word and was just generally creepy-looking as he held the bag with the jifts in it. I really wish I had a photo of him.
In all honesty, there isn’t a lot I can say about the show. I’m sure I could go in depth with it if I had been wearing my blogging goggles during the show, but I wasn’t. I can say that I’ve had more fun at this show than I have had in a while and you should really just go if you get a chance.
Here’s a video that also does not do the show justice.