In her post-high school search for stardom, Wilson sends Liza on a wild trek through the dankest cavities of the entertainment industry. From a bit part in a drag queen production of Mommie Dearest, in which Liza shines as Christina, to a side-job creating "slash fiction," an amalgamation of pop culture fanaticism and cult fiction, that has Liza thinking up stories involving television and film characters in sexual situations unimagined by their original creators. The latter gig allows Liza to create her own fictional character, Venal de Minus, an Amazonian dominatrix whom Liza pairs up with characters from her favorite films, and who winds up becoming a cult celebrity in her own right to the point where Liza gets to appear in public access TV ads dolled up in her finest leathers.
Whether Liza ultimately succeeds in her quest for stardom, I won't divulge here, but Wilson's conclusion is more than satisfying. Ultimately, what makes Colors Insulting to Nature worth reading, regardless of Liza's fate, is Wilson's humor, which makes it so you never get too bogged down with how damn awful Liza's life can be. Rather, like an episode of Liza's favorite TV shows, you just know that even if things don't turn out exactly as Liza wants, she'll ultimately come out of it all right, and even if she doesn't succeed this time, she'll be back for the next episode to try again.
