“Some people say I talk too much about politics,” Streisand acknowledged. “Well, I’m a New Yorker and we have big mouths.”
Barbra Streisand performs onstage at Madison Square Garden on Aug. 3, 2019 in New York City.took aim at one of her favorite targets with a revamped version of a Stephen Sondheim classic.
With lyrics calling out his hidden tax returns and questionable deal-making skills, she read President Trump for filth, wrapping with a final verse that labeled him a "fraudulent twit" and stopped just short of saying he’s full of shit . The politics weren’t just onstage, though. Prior to a delightfully campy detour with “Second Hand Rose” , Streisand shouted out President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, both in attendance. “Over the last 50 years, one president has balanced the budget and left us with a surplus,” she noted of the former. Of the latter, she said, “Needless to say, three years ago I was greatly hoping to sing at your inauguration.
Poignant memories aside, most of the stage banter skewed toward the hilarious, whether Barbra was toasting her dogs, roasting some of the outfits she’s worn in the past, thanking MSG mainstay “Billy Joel for taking the night off” or skewering her own footwear after taking off her heels and switching to flats during the show. “They look like crappy shoes but they’re actually Chanel -- 800-dollar flip-flops,” she said, sounding Brooklyn-bred through and through.
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