With her calm and harmless tone, Michelle Desrochers was waiting around the corner for the Gesù audience on Tuesday evening with killer and well-crafted jokes.
The comedian whose character is a lady of a certain age who has implanted herself in his body to make him say things like “No coffee in the afternoon or I won’t sleep at night” and “We have these handsome men in there . “Quebec, it’s a shame we can’t grab their asses anymore,” presented the media premiere of his first solo exhibition, Pelote, in Montreal.
Michelle Desrochers at the premiere of her first-ever solo exhibition titled “Pelote” on Tuesday, November 21, at Gesù in Montreal. MARIO BEAUREGARD/AGENCE QMI
On stage, “Matante Mitch,” who sometimes wakes up with no memory of the day, a handkerchief up her sleeve and lips full of port playing on her iPad, demonstrated a disarming calm — she doesn’t feel the need to speak loudly or kick around so that his jokes reach their target.
The comedian, an outstanding improviser, was, in our opinion, ready to recover from the audience’s comments. She had a lot of fun with her audience throughout the evening, interacting with them a lot, giving them knowing looks, calling them names and asking for their opinion.
“Although between two seed jokes”
By popping up jokes and silly anecdotes, like when she went to the bathroom and a spectator opened the door to her booth and looked into her eyes, the smoked meat and the eyes… to which Michelle replied, “There is someone.” …”, the comedian addresses more serious topics such as his parents’ divorce, loneliness and the death of his grandfather René.
The latter himself had a life-size photo printed for his funeral to play one last prank on his loved ones.
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The former “Celebrity Big Brother” candidate, whose literary studies enable her to hatch an “however” “between two seed jokes,” also talks about hypersexualization – she wanted the smartly dressed Macaroni to find a slut – and also about his Money problems thinking about certain careers.
The optometrists, who take the opportunity to show patients their vacation photos, end up in the “face shelf”, their great fear of the real estate agents who, in their opinion, are possessed by the devil, and the surveyors, who, in their opinion, need to be listened to Nemo with their large telescope.
Relatively short, funny and just enough, Pelote is a friendly show that left many people barely catching their breath on Tuesday night. The title of this work obviously refers to knitting, the hobby of his alter ego. There was also a knitted pink carpet that welcomed the audience into the room. The legs of her stool were also covered in wool, and a neon-colored ball of wool served as decoration.
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There was also a lady of a certain age who read the instructions before the show started, while Jessica Chartrand was in charge of opening the evening.
Michelle Desrochers, who hosts Taxi Pay during the week, is currently filming Pelote across the province. She will return to Montreal in December. All dates can be found on the website.