Karen Finley, Shut Up and Love Me, 100-Page Script, c. 2000

“Shut Up and Love Me is a collection of monologues about people looking for sex. Most of the show’s speeches are given while Finley is sprawled across a Victorian couch right out of Grande Odalisque by Inges. Finley presents to us an America controlled by the new holy trinity: Colin, Bush, and Dick. As a member of the holy four that also included Tim Miller, Holly Hughes, and John Fleck, Finley lost her NEA funding on grounds of indecency in 1990 and later sued that organization. That was then and this is now, but Finley hasn’t changed a bit; at one point, she slams Mayor Rudy and his “decency commission” as her fingers wander south for more self-stimulated pleasure.” – TheaterMania (8/16/2001)

Size: 9 x 11 inches