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I actually did a casual sort of search of everyone who was tweeting about “Last Comic“ one night. Every negative response I found was to me or one of the other women.
Amy Miller -
When stuff like that happens that I feel people‘s feedback is really gendered. Where it’s like the immediate response is that I made this up. Why would that even be a thing?
Amy Miller
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One of my favorite quotes of hers is: “If I hadn’t been born a woman, I’d have definitely been a drag queen.” But at the core, she is very authentic.
Amy Miller -
I mean, I think there were a couple factors. I think that they were judging me and I was one of the few people to do any dark material. And that may have made me stick out a little bit more. I don’t think it was that edgy or crazy of material.
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I always think that some percentage of feedback is going to be gendered in comedy.
Amy Miller -
So much of comedy starting out is you just to have to fake being in control because there is nothing less funny than someone on stage who does not seem to be driving the ship. That is the room; that is the collective experience. If the person in the middle of it doesn’t seem in control, then it all goes off the rails.
Amy Miller