Bridget Christie
I've just been listening to yet another "making feminism funny" interview with Bridget Christie, this time on Radio 4's Women's Hour. Christie seems to have been everywhere since she won the Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award on Saturday. One place I haven't seen her richly-deserved success get much coverage, however, is in the Daily Mail, which in the past has indulged in a spot of Stewart Lee-bashing. In fact I've just searched online and I can't see anything there on Christie, apart from a tiny diary story, since her victory.
So after all the huffing and puffing and heated discussion Bridget Christie won the Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award this afternoon. There had been rumours that she might not accept the award but, apart from calling special guest Steve Coogan a "prick" for dumping his girlfriend, she was on her best behaviour.
Interesting Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Awards shortlist.
Best shows of Week One? No contest really. David Baddiel and Bridget Christie. Two shows that are both very different and yet, in a way, quite similar. One is about fame, one is about feminism. Both performers deal with their serious topics intelligently and insightfully but also remember that they are in the comedy section of the Fringe brochure and make sure that their shows are packed with laughs.
Is it possible to have too much politics at a satirical show? That thought lodged in my brain half-way through Political Animal, the semi-regular club night which has transferred to the Udderbelly tent on London's South Bank for three nights.
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