By Barbara Holm
AMAZING article!!!
The closest thing to “sexualized heckling” that I’ve ever experienced was at this bar show I co-host. A guy at the bar said, just as I was about to bring up the next comic: “I like you. You’re very smooth…no camel toe.” I could tell from the way he said it that it wasn’t meant with malice, and he was pretty drunk, so I didn’t go off on him. I responded with: “Yeah. I get complimented on that a lot. That and my smile.” And then I threw a few mild digs his way. But it was definitely an interesting experience. And just as this woman stated, it certainly came out of nowhere, and had nothing at all to do with any of the jokes I’d told.
An article like this makes me proud to be a woman and a stand-up comedian and a woman stand-up comedian.
ANGELA COBB
This self-deprecating smartass has performed at venues such as Broadway Comedy Club, New York Comedy Club, and The Laugh Lounge, captivating audiences with her likeable personality and entertaining blend of intellect and silliness. Her unflinchingly revealing content embraces life’s awkward moments, churning comedy fodder out of her own imperfections.
Ms. Cobb was featured in the first annual Stand-Up 360 Comedy Festival and currently co-hosts "Fun Size and Venti Present," a monthly show on Manhattan’s upper east side.
September 18, 2011
Sexualized Heckling: Part Three of a Three-Part Response to the Status Quo, Diversity and Misogyny in Comedy
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