Went to a comedy thing last night.
3 male comics, one woman.
The compere introduced her in a completely different way, (basically, warned the room that it was a woman, and that they needed to show RESPECT - fine, but the men didn't need that?) and the second the room realised she was a she, the atmosphere changed - became hostile.
She was excellent IMO, although the material was too clever for the audience (simply put, she had jokes about politics, the audience wanted knob gags and confirmation of prejudice)
I left with the thought that as a female, she needed to be twice as funny to get half of the laughs.
Started thinking about women in comedy in general, and the way they approach it - ~I think things have improved, but it is still a man's game.
What do you think? Is comedy more important to men? I would say the audience last night was 70/30 men to women. Is it easier for men to be funny? Do you think men are threatened by funny women?
it's a weird thing to have a gender divide in, IMO.