The Sweet Face of Evil

Comments (0) By : Keith Bowers Wednesday, Apr 25 2012

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El Rio

3158 Mission
San Francisco, CA 94110

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Region: Mission/ Bernal Heights

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Any overeducated, Prius-driving, lefty cultural elitist worth his daily $10 coffee drink knows that America spent eight catastrophic years in the grip of a wicked puppet named W. The privileged faux-Texan flaunted his village idiocy, not caring whether people knew his strings were really pulled by Dick Cheney, the real-life Mr. Burns. We’re here to tell you, fellow San Franciscans, that another wicked puppet is racing toward the White House, and he comes from our own ranks. His name is Blinky Winky. This puppet — sorry, marionette — stands about 2 feet high and looks like something from a Stephen King nightmare, his icy stare a disturbing, multicolored mixture of menace and uncaring. Mr. Winky ran for mayor last year but didn’t make much of a showing. Now he appeals to our basest urges, hoping that we’ll propel him to Washington. “His mind reflects the most powerful forces of America,” say his backers, “hedonistic love of sugar and power.” Those backers are the four women who make up Circus Finelli, host of Blinky Winky’s Presidential Fundraiser. They’re a perfect front for Mr. Winky’s game of deception, describing themselves as “a cartoon band” that mixes comedy and acrobatics with sideshow costumery, the accordion, stand-up bass, and “exotic percussion contraptions.” Tonight they share the stage with music duo Beau and Betsey, known for being “crooked and sweet.” Puppet master Luz Gaxiola says “I guess that’s also how you could describe Blinky Winky, but they’re a different kind of crooked and sweet.” We advise caution — this conspiracy obviously runs deep.
Mon., April 30, 8 p.m., 2012