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Janey Godley: If you really must swear, do it properly – there's a dear



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Published Date: 18 August 2008
LAST week, I won the Nivea Funny Women Fringe Award at the Edinburgh Festival. Being a female stand up can make you feel rather isolated in what is effectively a male dominated industry, so anyone who supports women comics is cool with me.
There are so many barriers for women in comedy; the lifestyle alone is daunting. You leave your family behind every weekend and go off to stay in a collection of anonymous hotels just to make people laugh and it can be awfully lonely at times.

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  • Last Updated: 18 August 2008 10:45 AM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Janey Godley
 
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Boy Wonder,

18/08/2008 00:06:29
"... trust me – I don't do "cute". I do "funny" "

You do neither in your column Ms Godley!!!

 

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