Source: junkee.com - Sunday, April 19, 2015
This is an extract from She’s Having a Laugh – 25 of Australia’s funniest women on life, love and comedy, which is out April 19 through Affirm Press. The collection also features work from Annabel Crabb, Corinne Grant, Yumi Stynes, Gretel Killeen, and more. – In 2011, when I was writing my first solo stand-up show, Australian Booty , I decided to pose (almost completely) nude for my poster. The image was a reappropriation of the American Beauty shot featuring the minuscule Mena Suvari lying naked on a bed of roses (which was in turn an appropriation of a famous photo of Bette Midler taken by Annie Leibovitz). The visual concept cut to the heart of my show: curvaceous, size-16 brown girl smashes her thick thighs and fat ass into the public view with the by-line ‘Don’t hate me because I’m bootiful’. Reclaiming the term ‘fatty-boom-boom’ was a thoroughly emotional, intense, loving and joyous experience. Writing the show was like being naked in a deluxe car wash, without a car. The work shook me through massive personal blocks, spun me around huge memories, drenched me in heartbreaks and buffed the mirrors of my triumphs. My aim in creating the show was to make people (especially women) laugh, as I laid bare my personal stories on the path to self-love and booty pride. Like any big event – such as school formals, graduations, significant birthdays, Tinder dates, weddings and opening nights – once the venue’s booked, the greatest conc
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This is an extract from She’s Having a Laugh – 25 of Australia’s funniest women on life, love and comedy, which is out April 19 through Affirm Press. The collection also features work from Annabel Crabb, Corinne Grant, Yumi Stynes, Gretel Killeen, and more. – In 2011, when I was writing my first solo stand-up show, Australian Booty , I decided to pose (almost completely) nude for my poster. The image was a reappropriation of the American Beauty shot featuring the minuscule Mena Suvari lying naked on a bed of roses (which was in turn an appropriation of a famous photo of Bette Midler taken by Annie Leibovitz). The visual concept cut to the heart of my show: curvaceous, size-16 brown girl smashes her thick thighs and fat ass into the public view with the by-line ‘Don’t hate me because I’m bootiful’. Reclaiming the term ‘fatty-boom-boom’ was a thoroughly emotional, intense, loving and joyous experience. Writing the show was like being naked in a deluxe car wash, without a car. The work shook me through massive personal blocks, spun me around huge memories, drenched me in heartbreaks and buffed the mirrors of my triumphs. My aim in creating the show was to make people (especially women) laugh, as I laid bare my personal stories on the path to self-love and booty pride. Like any big event – such as school formals, graduations, significant birthdays, Tinder dates, weddings and opening nights – once the venue’s booked, the greatest concfrom Top News on RSS Feeds http://ift.tt/1aJbst1
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