![]() “We know just the heartless son of a b- who could use a new ticker,” Kane said. Wade was overturned.Īnother performance showed Abbott being chosen to receive an interspecies heart transplant, a procedure that doctors temporarily succeeded with on a patient last year. One skit depicted Lady Liberty pulling a fetus out of Abbott, who in 2021 signed into effect the nation’s most restrictive abortion laws before Roe v. Its sponsors this year included law firms, local businesses and alcohol companies.Īmong the top targets of this year’s performance was Abbott, played by a performer wearing a giant costume head of the governor. It started as a costumed satire of the Coronation of the Queen of the Order of the Alamo, and has since grown into one of Fiesta’s most popular events.īilling itself as “adult-oriented satire,” the show weaves expletive-laden, R-rated jokes into biting political commentary. Credit: Bria Woods / San Antonio ReportĬornynation has been a Fiesta tradition since 1951. Cornyation, the annual Fiesta satire show, includes drag performances, which have been targeted by the state Legislature this session. “ and crew want that deep red cred for the 2024 Hunger Games,” Hill said told audience. “Deep in the heart of Texas it’s been a right wing fever dream made flesh,” said Kane, who cohosted the event with Mindy Miller Hill, who served as King Anchovy in 2019. ![]() Steve Toth (R-Woodlands), would allow people who view drag shows as a minor to sue the performers, though critics say the language is broad enough to include traditional theater. Later he warned queens to “take cover, girl, the future is fraught,” before introducing a skit titled “F- House Bill 4378 and the horse it came on.” “Big brother loves a snitch,” joked Kane. ![]() The Bond franchise is currently searching for a new 007 following Craig’s exit in “No Time to Die.In a nod to those concerns, master of ceremonies Payton Kane invited attendees at the Charline McCombs Empire Theatre Wednesday night to take photo or video evidence of the night’s performance. ![]() “And he just kept his head down, got on with the job and then the film came out and everybody went, ‘Oh wow, I think we quite like him after all.’” “The whole way through the film, stuff would come out about he couldn’t walk and talk, he couldn’t run, he couldn’t drive a car properly, so much stuff which was completely and utterly untrue,” she continued. “The press response was awful and I felt so sorry for him, but in a funny kind of a way I think it almost spurred him on to do his damndest to prove everybody wrong.” “It was unbelievably negative, I have to say,” McWilliams said about the reaction to Craig’s casting. As longtime Bond casting director Debbie McWilliams told Entertainment Weekly back in 2021, she “felt sorry” for Craig after his casting led to extreme blowback from press who thought Craig didn’t fit the part of Bond. Craig’s casting decision did not receive unanimous praise. The title would go to Daniel Craig, who would go on to play Bond in five 007 movies. ‘Eye patch?’ Nothing.” The actor said the jokes closed the door on him becoming the next James Bond. Instead of speaking his mind, Rhys instead decided to joke around: “’I’d give him a limp.’ I said, ‘Limp?’ Nothing. If Rhys were to answer truthfully in that moment, he would’ve said, “Oh, it’s been a bit one-note for a few decades, hasn’t it? I think we can drop the misogynistic jokes.” And then I was like, is it a trick question? Are they waiting for people to go, ‘I wouldn’t do anything. Rhys called the audition process “terrifying” and added, “They said, ‘What would you do differently with Bond?’ And I just remember going, ‘Ah.’ I was so not anticipating that question.
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