You're Havin' a Class
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Here to celebrate, promote and advocate for more Working-class scripted comedy. Run by @franriando
Joined August 2022
Hello Everyone! I am starting to recruit participants to help with my Phd research. Please do get in touch if you can help and share with anyone you know who might be interested! Very excited, thank you!
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Really pleased to share this new article, written with Sharon Lockyer, where we examine intersectionality in stand-up comedy. @Comedy_Studies
@EJCS_Journal Intersectionality and the Construction of Humour in Contemporary Stand-up Comedy
journals.sagepub.com
As an autobiographical mode of performance, stand-up comedy is interlinked with debates on identity, inequality and social justice. While much of the existing s...
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It's interesting how I've had a few responses to this saying "class doesn't matter/I don't see class," "chav isn't a classed term," or "Polly and Holly deserve it [the abuse they're receiving]"
Why is the #MAFSUK hashtag flooded with classist insults targeting women? My new @ConversationUK piece examines how these Twitter/X exchanges reveal deeper truths about class, gender, and British reality TV @MAFSUK #MAFS
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I'd be happy to come and talk to your students about their 'snobby' attitudes and perhaps put their 'achievements' in a firm economic context @EdinburghUni 😃.
bbc.co.uk
The institution admitted class-related prejudice was a problem on campus.
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“Even when individuals from working-class backgrounds are successful in entering the country’s elite occupations they go on to earn, on average, 16% less than colleagues from more privileged backgrounds.” (@SamFriedmanSoc & @Daniel_Laurison 2020: 209).
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🚨HUGE NEWS🚨 Best in Class are giving away their @ComedyAwards prize* Yep, the entire £5k prize is being redistributed as £500 bursaries for #WorkingClass acts at @edfringe 🔥✊🍞🌹 *Not the trophy, obvs
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Just finishing Am I Being Unreasonable? Written &Staring Selin Hizli & Daisy May Cooper. Brilliant, Funny and refreshing. Have you seen it yet? Shows what great things can happen when WC people do have the opportunity. #workingclass #britishcomedy #lookoutpoint #boffolaPictures
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Huge thank you to @sophiewillan for allowing us to exhibit her script for #almasnotnirmal episode 5 Sophie says 'my love letter to care leavers'. @42ndStreetmcr is fast becoming the Sophie Willan fan club ❤
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Does it matter who plays working class characters in comedy? The answer to this might not be straight forward. Here @PoorLassZine discuss their reactions to finding out Ralf Little, Anthony from The Royle Family is not from a working-class background.
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Free creative labour is a structural part of commissioning. The cost of that labour to an individual varies greatly depending on their class background. #CreativityintheBritishTelevisionComedyIndustry #comedy #workingclass #britishcomedy @IAmBrettMills @EricaHortonish
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Can't wait! #manlikemobeen
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Nine of the UK’s main broadcasters and streamers, led by @BBC and @Channel4, have joined forces to launch the #TVAccessProject with a commitment to improve access for disabled talent across the TV industry. #DisabilityInclusion
https://t.co/FLEAKG0rz2
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Celebrating Chewing Gum today! Created, written, and staring the brilliant Michaela Coel. "Christianity, my race, the class I was born into. These are the things that make my work. They make who I am as well.” ( Michaela in the Guardian 2017)
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We think it is important that we see diversity in representations of working-class people in comedy and not just stereotypes. +always more jokes about vaginas. In this quote @caitlinmoran talks about writing Raised by Wolves explaining some of the reasons why. #workingclasscomedy
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the #panicreport found just 12.4% of people working in Film, TV and Radio were from working-class backgrounds. We would love to know how many of these are working in comedy... #class #comedy #DiversityandInclusion
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Maybe today is the day you'll grab your tickets. Buy now: https://t.co/xHctMIaBqC RTs welcome 🙏
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If you have had enough get involved!
Enough is enough. It's time to turn anger into action. Join the campaign to fight the cost-of-living crisis. https://t.co/1SeHcIXdMr
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'I was gutted. Then I got angry' - how class and money are taking centre stage at the Fringe, by @thelatedave
https://t.co/psYDt3Psnx
@Gildedballoon @ThePleasance @Summerhallery
scotsman.com
Barriers of social class and economics have long made it hard for comedians and theatre makers to bring their work to the Fringe. But now, says David Pollock, they’re fighting back
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