With actual politics reaching a satirical level IRL, how does that affect the comedy written by the team? Speaking of stress levels, the show has always had a strong core of politics through its sketches, taking a satirical approach to major issues. It’s definitely lowered my stress levels, that’s for sure.” “It’s certainly given me a lot more free time, and rather than having to have a broader sort of overview of what’s happening, I’m just able to focus on the stuff that I want to work on, such as my scenes, and what I wanted to say. That change has affected her approach to the show. Taylor was the showrunner for the first three seasons, stepping away for the fourth season. The show draws its comedy from the everyday lives of women over 40 – whether it’s about the most ridiculous baby name, or how dry shampoo can make you look amazing even while your life is imploding harder than an extinction-level event. Taylor, Browne and Whalen met at Toronto’s Second City, while MacNeill came to comedy from England’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA). Taylor, Aurora Browne, Meredith MacNeill and Jennifer Whalen are in the middle of recording the fourth season, while the third season just started airing on CBC and on the IFC channel in the US. It’s the rest of the world (well, most of us) that finally caught up. If the number of exclamation marks doesn’t convey the popularity of the comedy show, then the rave reviews from critics both in Canada and across the border tell you one thing: women have always been funny, women don’t disappear after age 30, and they don’t give a fuck (just check out the ‘Locker Room’ sketch). When I posted on Facebook that I was interviewing the out and proud lesbian, several friends of all genders responded with ‘AAAHHHHHHHH!!!!! *fangirling*’, ‘I LOVE THEM SO MUCH!!!’ and ‘Omg she’s my favourite!!!!!’ “We’re just finishing up our second week of Season 4, so it’ll be Martha Plimpton on set today, so that’s pretty exciting,” says Taylor, one of the quartet on the ridiculously popular Baroness Von Sketch Show. The out actor and comedian talks Season 4 of the hit Baroness Von Sketch Show, her failure to meditate, and possible plans to take on the Landlord and Tenant Board…Ĭarolyn Taylor has 15 minutes of her lunch break to talk comedy, meditating and side hustles.
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