University gigs - Why young crowds generally hate women

[mariana]

The article about women comics was crap. Near pointless. But, there was one salient point, and let me work up to it:

Standup isn't the beach where you want people to look at you because you're cute. A comic should approach their work in a genderless fashion. You want the audience to, as the article said, literally "be your bitch." What that means is you control them, not vice versa. You want their undivided audial attention.

Every audience is different. Sometimes vastly. A woman comic must learn that being nice and saying a friendly "hello" DOES NOT help your set (as some vapid respondee pointed out early in this thread (and unfortunately, it was a woman and thus furthered the misnomer that women are not, when it comes to comedy, funny or profound)).

Be bold, work with confidence (even if your schtick is appearing woody allenesque - that is unsure of yourself, weak, stupid, whatever - be confident in your choice). Have a number of good responses to hecklers always at the ready because as a woman, chances are more than likely that some drunken sod of a bastard will pick on just because you are.

Put them in their place and you earn the extra dividend.

[mariana]

The article about women comics was crap. Near pointless. But, there was one salient point, and let me work up to it:

Standup isn't the beach where you want people to look at you because you're cute. A comic should approach their work in a genderless fashion. You want the audience to, as the article said, literally "be your bitch." What that means is you control them, not vice versa. You want their undivided audial attention.

Every audience is different. Sometimes vastly. A woman comic must learn that being nice and saying a friendly "hello" DOES NOT help your set (as some vapid respondee erroneously suggested early in this thread (and unfortunately, it was a woman and thus furthered the misnomer that women are, when it comes to comedy, neither funny or profound)).

Be bold, work with confidence (even if your schtick is appearing woody allenesque - that is unsure of yourself, weak, stupid, whatever - be confident in your choice). Have a number of good responses to hecklers always at the ready because as a woman, chances are more than likely that some drunken sod of a bastard will pick on just because you are.

Put them in their place and you earn the extra comedic dividend.

[scattycat]

Oh yeah, six years on and I'm still bitter as fuck. I've moved out of comedy in to the bigger world of law and have the same thoughts, why is it that women telling jokes is seen as so crap.

This was a real trip in to the past though. Good God, I'm so glad I don't have to deal with it anymore.