Like a ‘guy whose greatest moment was killing a pimp in Grand Theft Auto’
Wedding the form of Shakespeare and Browning with touchstones of popular TV culture to reflect upon love and work, marriage and career; life: David McGimpsey read last week in Ottawa from his latest collection of kitch poetry, Sitcom. His delivery consummated this high-low – Hawaii-5-O as a rigid sonnet – relationship, lending irony and humour to words which on their own condemn how we, of his generation, wasted so many hours watching so much shit. An affair to a tired marriage, McGimpsey’s juxtaposings convert banal mythology into inspired commentary. The device is amusing, heightened to hilarity at times, when witnessed in performance.
will be particularly bright for those
who’ve invested in medicated socks.
Cigarettes will make a spectacular
post-cancer comeback and Phillip Morris
will produce a smoke which will last longer
than it takes Neptune to circle the sun,
or however long it takes Sting to have sex…
from Summerland, in David McGimpsey’s Sitcom
