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Niles
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One of the Nualas has written an article on page 16 in today's Irish Times bemoaning the lack of female stand-up comedians. At the forthcoming Cat Laughs Festival, there will be 3 women out of 49 performers.
She says that this is because audiences are more prepared to laugh at men because convention says women aren't funny. I don't think that convention has that much to do with it. Perhaps expectation plays a minor part. If you expect someone to be funny, you will be more prepared to laugh. But I don't think it could explain why only 6% of the funny stand ups are female.
I, for one, could not find anything remotely funny about the Nualas. Nor do I find anything remotely funny about the article today. She quotes the best lines from 6 female comics, and they simply aren't funny. Ok maybe "that's not cellulite, I sat on a hairbrush".
Come to think of it, I can't name one female comic who I think is funny. That's probably just a bad memory. There are some great comic actresses but I don't think that they write their own material. I've never seen Deirdre O'Kane but I have been told that she is funny.
Can anyone think of a really top class female comedian nationally or internationally? Do women find female comedians funnier than men?
Niles
She says that this is because audiences are more prepared to laugh at men because convention says women aren't funny. I don't think that convention has that much to do with it. Perhaps expectation plays a minor part. If you expect someone to be funny, you will be more prepared to laugh. But I don't think it could explain why only 6% of the funny stand ups are female.
I, for one, could not find anything remotely funny about the Nualas. Nor do I find anything remotely funny about the article today. She quotes the best lines from 6 female comics, and they simply aren't funny. Ok maybe "that's not cellulite, I sat on a hairbrush".
Come to think of it, I can't name one female comic who I think is funny. That's probably just a bad memory. There are some great comic actresses but I don't think that they write their own material. I've never seen Deirdre O'Kane but I have been told that she is funny.
Can anyone think of a really top class female comedian nationally or internationally? Do women find female comedians funnier than men?
Niles