It seems I have spent years bemoaning the general lack of likeability I find amongst younger Australian comedians. The latest season of Question Everything confirms it again - I do quite like Wil Anderson and his material, co-host Jan Fran is OK-ish, but I routinely do not care at all for the panelists and their over-rehearsed "bits". (And really, why does lesbianism seem to be so overly represented - or referenced - amongst Australian female comedians these days?)
I was somewhat amused, though, that a new episode of Fisk last night (a show which is likeable and gives me some laughs, but it also doesn't exactly set the world on fire) featured another young-ish comedian who made me grind my teeth when he had his own shows years ago - Tom Ballard - playing an intensely dislikeable character. Given that I have never liked him, I find this a perfect match and can say he's pretty good in the role!
And once again, I feel a tad self conscious whenever I talk about this topic and realise that most of the young comedians I complain about are gay or lesbian. In my defence, and while I'm not sure because I could never watch him for very long, I don't think Ballard's comedy has ever been strongly gay themed - I would dislike him as a comedian even if he was as straight as a ...[add your own witty simile, I'm having trouble coming up with one.] And I found that very campy gay (and rather odd looking) Rhys Nicholson can be pretty funny on The Weekly with Charlie Pickering. [Update: I just read his Wiki entry, and he apparently identifies as "non binary" and uses "they". Let me just roll my eyes about that for a a couple of minutes.]
I've also been finding the Asian gay guy (Bowen Yang) on Saturday Night Live can be pretty funny too. This segment made me laugh:
As far as non campy gay personalities are concerned, I guess I can put Graham Norton in that category, and surely everyone thinks he is witty and pretty smart? So, no, it's not about the gay, honest!
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