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Liam Sullivan summons alter ego 'Kelly'

Here's a recent profile on comedic actor Liam Sullivan, a native of Norfolk, MA and opener for Margaret Cho at the Orpheum Theatre on Saturday, April 5, by EDGE writer Scott Kearnan:

Her lipstick is smudged, her wig is askew, her fashion sense sucks, and--oh yeah--we’re pretty sure we spot an Adam’s Apple underneath that five o’clock shadow on her rosy-cheeked face.

On the surface, Kelly doesn’t exactly sound like the kind of fabulous diva you expect Web-savvy gay folk to swoon over.

Yet throughout the last two years, "she" (and her creator, comedic actor Liam Sullivan) has become an internet phenomenon. Armed with a designer handbag full of catchphrases ("Betch!" "Deck!" "Shetbag!"), a viral online video named "Shoes" and a seemingly limitless array of vacuous stares and finely honed wit, Sullivan has parlayed his Kelly character into a one-woman empire of bumper stickers, T-shirts, mp3s and shet like that.