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THE GREATT GAY COMEDIANS OF ALL TIME
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Risg to fame followg her special "Nate, " Gadsby has phed edy to new levels by weavg together personal stori, art history lsons, and sthg monologu — routely takg hs at men and the chronicl her childhood growg up as a lbian Tasmania, where homosexualy was illegal until 1997. Yang beme the first Che-Amerin and third openly gay st member on NBC's "Saturday Night Live" edian, who hosts a pop culture podst lled "Las Culturistas, " has proven his range on the "SNL, " masterfully portrayg characters om a Che tra reprentative ed as "Tra Daddy" to former Democratic printial ndidate Andrew Yang. Amstell, who beme known for appearanc on "Pop World" and "Never Md The Buzzcks, " stand-up edy as a nfsnal, workg through issu like his parents' divorce, eatg meat, and timacy the Brish ic speaks openly about his sexualy durg sets, Amstell said he was "terrified" of beg gay before g out durg his Netflix special "Set Free.
Cho, who grew up San Francis and had parents that owned a gay bookstore, has squashed the stereotypil tras placed on Asian-Amerin gaed populary by wrg and starrg a s lled "All Amerin Girl" and has bee a celebrated stand-up ic. He often jok that he knew he was gay before he knew he was 's sce lnched a succsful stand-up reer — appearg on "The Late Late Show Wh Jam Corn, " "Late Night Wh Seth Meyers, " "CONAN, " and more. Unlike Lenny Bce, when Eddie Murphy ed the word “faggots” his stand-up the early 1980s, he wanted to be as offensive as possible, bee still few people actually really knew homosexuals.
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7 HILAR GAY COMEDIANS WHO SLAY EVERY PERFORMANCE
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A TV wre-up of the 1980 BBC s “Time of My Life” scribg a “trendily gay son” as one of the problems s middle-life crisis stricken lead had to pe wh, may seem crass, but reflects the notn that homosexualy was no longer a terrible problem but a fashnable issue stead. Audienc would e to expect some sort of sissy character Mel Brooks’s repertoire of bad taste, while Neil Simon has always seemed lost at sea wh homosexuals, as monstrated by “The Goodbye Girl (1977) and “California Sue” (1978). “Zorro – The Gay Bla” (1981) had Gee Haton (followg on his Dracula “Love at First Be”) playg Zorro and his sissy, foppish tw brother, Bunny Wigglworth, who vorts flamboyant stum.
It was a buddy edy pairg two mismatched police officers, the macho Ryan O’Neal, and the unassumg gay John Hurt (who don’t discred himself, but ’s no advance on the “The Naked Civil Servant”). Stephen Stucker"Zorro - The Gay Bla""Partners"In England, the start of the 1980s saw the rise of Alternative Comedy, based on an ia of humour which didn’t rely on sexist or racist stereotyp. The performance, played up certa stereotypil black and gay behavurs, piercg nells, limp wrists and extravagant mp flirtatns, which though put on to provoke the prejudiced Alf, me close to bigoted riture themselv.