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Oct. 21st, 2008
Is Sarah Silverman funny?
Oct. 21st, 2008 02:20 pmWhen it was announced that Sarah Silverman would be gracing London with her presence, a few of my more adventurours comedy friends were excited. At least until the price of £40 a ticket was revealed, at which point my friends slowly backed away from the idea of buying a ticket.
Personally, I'm not sure why it's funny to laugh at/with a skinny white Jewish woman making a complete balls-up about hot taboo topics like racism and AIDS. I'm fairly sure most grandmothers do the same thing, for a start. But then I've never really liked The Office or South Park either - what's so funny about five-year-olds saying naughty things? (I will readily admit to loving the South Park Movie - for whatever reason, that so works as a spoof of musicals).
It would seem that having actually watched Ms Silverman, many London fans were bitterly disappointed when they spent £40 and only got 35 minutes of her performance, followed by a rather weak Q&A when she revealed that she had no more material. A fair bit of heckling and boo'ing ensued...
Why would you fly 6 hours across the Atlantic to perform just 35 minutes of material that you've performed before - especially considering she'd done the publicity circuit that weekend, miming a blowjob with Ricky Gervais on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross. She might have been very scared by the London audience and their vibe of "C'mon, impress me" - but then, she's played New York. And if you can break that crowd...
Anyway, bring on Eddie Izzard in December. Although he's cost me £50 a ticket...
Personally, I'm not sure why it's funny to laugh at/with a skinny white Jewish woman making a complete balls-up about hot taboo topics like racism and AIDS. I'm fairly sure most grandmothers do the same thing, for a start. But then I've never really liked The Office or South Park either - what's so funny about five-year-olds saying naughty things? (I will readily admit to loving the South Park Movie - for whatever reason, that so works as a spoof of musicals).
It would seem that having actually watched Ms Silverman, many London fans were bitterly disappointed when they spent £40 and only got 35 minutes of her performance, followed by a rather weak Q&A when she revealed that she had no more material. A fair bit of heckling and boo'ing ensued...
Why would you fly 6 hours across the Atlantic to perform just 35 minutes of material that you've performed before - especially considering she'd done the publicity circuit that weekend, miming a blowjob with Ricky Gervais on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross. She might have been very scared by the London audience and their vibe of "C'mon, impress me" - but then, she's played New York. And if you can break that crowd...
Anyway, bring on Eddie Izzard in December. Although he's cost me £50 a ticket...