When it comes to her new comedy special, Cameron Esposito has a dream: “I hope that if you Google ‘rape jokes,’ this is the number one result,” she told IndieWire.
That’s part of why she went with the short but descriptive title for her new hour of stand-up, which Esposito developed over the course of months of live shows before deciding to release it for free online via her website, cameronesposito.com (powered by Vhx).
In “Rape Jokes,” Esposito digs in hard on the topic of sexual harassment and sexual assault, as well as the culture of comedy, which continues to debate the question of what is and isn’t permissible on stage. One of the show’s slam-dunk lines, in response to comics who resist being told that certain words aren’t “politically correct”: “If there’s any particular word you need to do this job, I...
That’s part of why she went with the short but descriptive title for her new hour of stand-up, which Esposito developed over the course of months of live shows before deciding to release it for free online via her website, cameronesposito.com (powered by Vhx).
In “Rape Jokes,” Esposito digs in hard on the topic of sexual harassment and sexual assault, as well as the culture of comedy, which continues to debate the question of what is and isn’t permissible on stage. One of the show’s slam-dunk lines, in response to comics who resist being told that certain words aren’t “politically correct”: “If there’s any particular word you need to do this job, I...
- 6/11/2018
- by Liz Shannon Miller
- Indiewire
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