comedy topics

After the YWCA benefit comedy show I did recently, another comic commented that it was the first time she'd seen my bit about penciling in my eyebrows, and she liked it because I "don't usually do self-deprecating material." I had to think about that. A lot of my material isn't super-personal -- I like to make fun of advertising (like the "Campaign for Real Beauty" and the "fight HIV your way" ads), I like to talk about words and language, I sometimes talk politics, and I like to make fun of fashion and beauty rituals. I just see too many women comics whose routines center around making fun of their bodies, and I just can't see how that's helpful or even supportive of women in comedy. Also, if I am unhappy with any of my parts, I'm sure as hell not telling people about it.

Anyway, here's a somewhat germane classic, for those of you who haven't heard it (incidentally, I have lots of new jokes, but limited abilities with audio technology, which is why I don't release these every week):


French Women Don't Do Pilates