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Originally Posted by 3894
But why don't women comedians dress like men? Does it make the muffin skit funnier that it's a man dressed as a woman?
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I actually took a whole film class on this. Gn2DL has pegged it, it's certainly a lot about "imposters." Viola's drag in
Twelfth Night is plenty funny, too. Kathy Najimy and Mo Gaffney do some
excellent funny bits in drag.
Personally, I enjoy men-in-drag comedy - but I think it's more prevalent because it may be accepted for women to veer from their femininity in, say, a board room, but men who appreciate pink still aren't appreciated, capiche?* And things that make people a little uncomfortable also make them laugh (and not necessarily because they dislike it.) This is why, btw, Alex, I find the muffin thing funny. Absurdity makes people uncomfortable. Enough absurdity in a row definitely makes me laugh.
And while drag comedy hinges on the "imposter" hints, I find that the all-around best drag comedy gets even more delicious, the more that we see of Daphne and the less of Jerry in
Some Like It Hot.
* this is not to say I don't appreciate femininity in men. I do! I was just speaking of society, and the dregs of society and I are surely at odds in this case.