点评:Another excellent night at the VIP the highlight of which was Miss Dixie Swallows (what a WONDERFUL human being). We've eaten here in previous years but I have to say that the food last night was much improved (and piping hot - yay!) as was the music (the mixing was top notch) - and that this year's staff were all, without exception, extremely friendly and attentive (big shout out here to our personal ashtray guy - didn't catch his name but he was an absolute sweetheart). As to the show, having seen Miss Dixie in the past (several times) we knew it would be good but it wasn't, it was brilliant - SO imaginative, so funny, and, at the end, so touching and sincere that I really wish now that I'd recorded the whole segment for the benefit of anyone who thinks of drag as being nothing more than a man in a dress and whacky makeup with zero political value.
We love Turkey, we really do, but what we experienced last night just made us love and appreciate it - and Miss Dixie and ALL the crew at the VIP - all the more.
翻译:在VIP包厢又度过了一个精彩的夜晚,其中最令人难忘的是迪克西·斯沃洛斯小姐(她真是个很棒的人)。我们之前几年也来这里吃过饭,但不得不说,昨晚的食物比往年好太多了(而且热气腾腾——太棒了!),音乐也更棒(混音一流)——而且今年的工作人员无一例外都非常友好周到(特别要感谢我们的专属烟灰缸服务员——虽然没记住他的名字,但他真是个贴心的人)。至于演出,之前看过迪克西小姐好几次,所以知道肯定精彩,但没想到竟然如此精彩——极富想象力,妙趣横生,最后更是感人至深,真挚动人。我现在真后悔没把整个过程都录下来,好让那些认为变装不过是男人穿上裙子化上浓妆、毫无政治意义的人好好看看。
我们热爱土耳其,真的非常热爱,但昨晚的经历让我们更加热爱和感激这片土地——以及迪克西小姐和VIP的所有工作人员。