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Lea DeLaria
Streaming platforms and their programmes have allowed me to discover new queer comedians I had never heard of. Last week I wrote about Moms Mabley, who I found out about
17/06/2020
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Streaming platforms and their programmes have allowed me to discover new queer comedians I had never heard of. Last week I wrote about Moms Mabley, who I found out about
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Moms Mabley only recently became familiar to me. It may be easily explained by the fact that she was mostly in the public eye in the 60s and 70s, and
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When it comes to female characters there appears to be an odd belief that there are few examples of them in comedy, specifically examples who could be held up as
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