Anal-sex jokes and quips about lesbians staying at home run the risk of becoming hack - not not funny, per se, but predictable, uninventive, and easy. The flip side of this development is the case with all art: What was once novel soon becomes generic, and as queer comedians’ jokes - delivered from balconies, topped off with wigs, and foaming at the mouth - reach bigger audiences, the bar for fresh material rises as clichés, tropes, and stereotypes take shape. Photos: Getty Images NBC Jon Setter Whitney Browne CBSĪs more and more queer comedians have migrated from bar sets and showcases to Comedy Central, HBO Max, Hulu, and NBC over the past several years, think pieces and essays have showered much-deserved accolades on the growing mainstream prevalence of the queer-comedy scene.
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