Streisand has outburst at NYC concert

[icymist]

NEW YORK - The most riveting moment of Barbra Streisand's Madison Square Garden concert was one of the only unscripted ones. Streisand endured jeers as she interjected a political skit into Monday night's show, exchanging zingers with a celebrity impersonator playing George Bush as a bumbling idiot.

Though most of the crowd offered polite applause during the slightly humorous routine, it went on a bit too long, especially for those who just wanted to hear Streisand sing.

"Come on, be polite!" the well-known liberal implored. But one heckler wouldn't let up. And finally, Streisand let him have it.

"Shut the (expletive) up!" Streisand bellowed, drawing wild applause. "Shut up if you can't take a joke!"

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[Redstone]

1. Well, damn, I guess I'll have to stop disliking her.

Good for her.

Redstone

[chelsea0011]

2. Smack down!

[Kikosexy2]

3. The Diva-Bitch...

won't be "Dixie Chicked"....Don't mess with the ultimate Diva Bitch of Bitches..and say that with compliments abound...

[Alamom]

4. Go Barb.......

How could any fan not know she has always been very outspoken about politics?

[jhrobbins]

5. Really - what cave has this guy been living in? You go hear...

Streisand and you are surprised and offended that she had a skit about Bush - who's the moron here?

[TahitiNut]

6. That's an appallingly biased 'news' article.

"Though most of the crowd offered polite applause during the slightly humorous routine, it went on a bit too long, especially for those who just wanted to hear Streisand sing."

I could cut the sneering condescension with a knife ... and very clearly fabricated. If there were any truth whatsoever in that sentence, then why the "wild applause"?? Why were the "jeers ended"?? Streisand, whatever he alleged faults, knows her audience just like any entertainer with decades of experience in front of live audiences does. The editorial bias in that article is abominable.

[icymist]

8. I agree.

I got too caught up in the 'you go, Barb' way of thinking. Plus, when I found this article, it had just happened.

[keepCAblue]

9. What do you expect from the AP? eom

[WCGreen]

7. Babs has Balls....

[keepCAblue]

10. We love ya, Babs!!! eom