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Last One to Laugh - did the female contestants need to do sexualised performances for laughs?

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Nobiggerthanyourhand · 02/04/2025 13:07

I really enjoyed Last One to Laugh but was a bit perplexed by the female contestants doing strip teases and erotic dancing,

I don’t watch stand up any more but can’t imagine French and Saunders or Jo Brand twerking at a dog for laughs. Or Bridget Christie.

And the male contestants didn’t do sexualised performances.

So, YABU: it is ok that the women did sexualised performances, and the men, not
YANBU: there is more to women’s comedy than strip teases and twerking

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StickyProblem · 02/04/2025 13:20

I know what you mean but don’t really agree. I thought Harriet’s skit was a mockery of striptease. The video one by Joe Wilkinson with the guy drawing detailed penises was sexual. I do get a feeling that the women mention sex a lot more than the men, I’d say it’s a sign of the times and like the pendulum swinging back from comedy in the form of lots of men all together being vulgar, to a more balanced room. But it’s a tricky one. I do see what you mean OP and I know why you might not like it.

RufustheFactuaIReindeer · 02/04/2025 13:18

Not all the boys did skits and not all the girls did rude stuff so maybe it would have balanced out

(can’t see richard doing anything rude though didnt mortimer do that tea towel rising from the genital area?

reesewithoutaspoon · 02/04/2025 13:17

Tbh I watched because I was told it was hilarious. It wasn't,
There was a lot of 'poo,bum,willy,snot' type humour that my kid used to find funny when he was 5.

Goldiefrocks · 02/04/2025 13:16

Daisy May Cooper didn’t. Her rollercoaster ride was inspired.

RufustheFactuaIReindeer · 02/04/2025 13:15

Oh wait was there twerking in the dog skit?

i found all the skits really boring so wasn’t really paying attention

RufustheFactuaIReindeer · 02/04/2025 13:14

You are right about the constant sexual stuff from female comedians

so how many stripteases were there…i only saw the one

Somethingthecatdraggedin7 · 02/04/2025 13:11

God, I miss French and Saunders. And Jo Brand.

You are right about the constant sexual stuff from female comedians.

InspiritingNotion · 02/04/2025 13:11

It wasn't even slightly erotic. She peeled a plaster from her arm and chucked it at someone.

RufustheFactuaIReindeer · 02/04/2025 13:09

I only remember one ‘striptease’ were there lots?