Can The Laughter: Katherine Ryan & Stereotypes Of Women Comedians
While tuning into topical BBC show Have I Got News For You this week, I was brought out of my viewing experience by the overly distracting edit of the ‘virtual audience’ laughter when featuring Canadian comedienne Katherine Ryan. While the stereotype of ‘women aren’t as funny as men’ is nothing new, and audience reactions to […]
The Trials And Tribulations Of Sketch Comedy
Sketch comedy. We know it. We love it. That is until you have to write it and come up with brilliant ideas out of, seemingly, thin air. How do they do that? How can I do that? Well, it’s not as hard as you may think and simultaneously as difficult as you can imagine.