Comedian and Dame Edna star Barry Humphries dies aged 89: Australia's Greatest Comic

[basquebromance]

my Australian friends are very sad about this. ok, only 1 of them is! but still...RIP

Comedian and Dame Edna star Barry Humphries dies aged 89

Tributes pour in for the "funny, literate and fiercely intelligent" veteran entertainer whose career spanned seven decades and who was responsible for one of Australia's most famous comedy exports.

news.sky.com

 

[Moonglow]

never heard of her and I doubt you have ever heard of her either.

 

[basquebromance]

never heard of her and I doubt you have ever heard of her either.

I'm a political/cultural behemoth for the whole globe in terms of my knowledge. i have a library that's bigger than your brain on my laptop

 

[Auld Phart]

"In his later years, Humphries faced criticism for a series of statements against transgender people, including that gender affirmation surgery was "self-mutilation"."

In Dame Edna Everage, Barry Humphries created a character whose fame would outstrip his own

Barry Humphries was on the path to becoming a lawyer when he, instead, decided to pursue the theatre. But it was his greatest creation, a Moonee Ponds housewife with wisteria-pink hair, who soaked up the limelight while featuring her beloved signature gladioli.

www.abc.net.au

 

[luiza]

I'm a political/cultural behemoth for the whole globe in terms of my knowledge. i have a library that's bigger than your brain on my laptop

That says as much about your very small mini library as it does about her lack of frontal cortex .

Anyhow I have been studying MoanBlow very closely and I can see that she is a BotOM model and is in need of urgent updates. Turkish , Algerian , does not much matter .

btw . Never thought BH that funny though the business thought the sun shone out of his talented backside .

 

[basquebromance]

Dame Edna (Parkinson) on the X-Factor: "I love the X-Factor. It gives so many opportunities to so many with so little talent".

 

[hjmick]

"Australia's Greatest Comic."


That's a pretty low bar... he may very well have been their only comic...

Personally, I never found him funny.

 

[Baron Von Murderpaws]

Very sad. One classy "dame" for sure.

I first saw him back in the 80's on TV. One of the channels was showing one of his London theater performances.
The best way to describe his humor at that time is a verbal meme lord........this is pre-home computer now, so there was no such thing as memes or the internet..........he made sarcastic and funny comments on life, living, things going on in the world, and whatever was a popular subject at the time.

I like this type of comedy, as it's more relatable than stuff that only the comedian knows about.

And his different characters all had different outlooks on lfe, living, and everything else. So his characters weren't only different from one another, they actually all had seperate personalities. But Dame Edna became his most loved and most famous.


This is also a good lesson about what a TRUE drag queen IS. A performer. Not one that is preaching how you should live and think......but giving you reasons to think about life and living and making your own decisions.......and doing it with comedy, style, sass, and sarcasm.

Dame Edna Everage - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Lord Humphries is survived by his wife and 4 children.

 

[Captain Caveman]

my Australian friends are very sad about this. ok, only 1 of them is! but still...RIP

Comedian and Dame Edna star Barry Humphries dies aged 89

Tributes pour in for the "funny, literate and fiercely intelligent" veteran entertainer whose career spanned seven decades and who was responsible for one of Australia's most famous comedy exports.

news.sky.com

He was one hell of a funny guy.

 

[Mindful]

Australian comedian Barry Humphries died aged 89 on Saturday. Often, when a celebrity of his stature passes, the vultures flap down and try to tear off a piece of his flesh to claim for their own. But the grief felt over Humphries’ passing has been almost universal. Indeed, his gift was his capacity to make the claim and counterclaim of the culture war seem absurd. His rejection of any team, let alone ‘moral’ or ‘point’ in his comedy, seemed integral to his mischief and his joy.

The glorious transgressions of Barry Humphries

The late comedic giant didn’t care if he was punching up, down or sideways.

www.spiked-online.com

 

[Mindful]

Barry Humphries on growing old.

 

[luiza]

There was a three hour tribute programme for him on BBC Radio 4 Extra at the weekend and I listened to most of it whilst scribbling notes here .

What a witty and high cultured guy he was . I revised my appreciation of his many talents considerably .

 

[Tommy Tainant]

So not all drag acts are groomers then. He would struggle to get a gig in much of America these days.

 

[basquebromance]

So not all drag acts are groomers then. He would struggle to get a gig in much of America these days.

because he's dead?

 

[Tommy Tainant]

because he's dead?

"Grooming" drag act. Leave are kids alone !!!!!

 

[basquebromance]

"Grooming" drag act. Leave are kids alone !!!!!

kids are good thing. i wrestle 16 year olds

 

[lg325]

He was a performer of the classy type. I have seen his performance a few times over the years on talk shows. He was really good at what he did .