The Billy Willy Show
Former country music child star Billy Willy shares his hilarious hard-luck stories and songs and masterfully combines standup comedy and storytelling in a surreal satire about celebrity and faded glory.
No gag at the expense of Appalachia is too trite, no Michele Bachmann dick joke too stale for Billy Willy, a fictional, possibly ex-gay, Christian country music star, who in a monologue aided by an iPad guitar app, details his romantic mishaps and his rise and fall from marginal fame. The mild-mannered cowboy delivers his autobiography in a painstakingly slow, measured twang that weakens the outrageousness of his claims. It’s a drag act without the bells and whistles of drag; the result feels clichéd and somewhat gloomy. Sharyn Jackson