Miranda Hart - Comedian in Style

It must be hard to be a female comedian in a current reality where magazines, TV and the internet are sending the message to women to be always stylish, sexy, forever young and super successful in both personal and professional life. It requires quite a confidence to "be on stage" and ridicule your own imperfections. 

How unsexy!

Or, let me paraphrase it, it is not difficult to be a woman and a comedian but to be a genuine one whose forte does not focus on slamming down on pathetic nature of modern love life, problems with image, is quite an accomplishment. This is why Miranda Hart is a Queen B of  a modern TV comedy world or to follow the words of the main character her show Miranda: "She is such fun!".

 I admire the courage to be real of the new generation of American feminists in show business,  to name a few: Leena Dunham (Her "honest", after-Emmy morning selfie was quite a blink at perfectionism of Hollywood star image.) or Abby and Illana painfully ridiculing NYC hipster life style in the comedy series "Broad City".

However, a woman whose comedy skills have really made me laugh first time in months is Miranda Hart. She is: about 6'1" tall, in her mid thirties, quite irresistibly funny in her clumsiness, very co-dependently coexisting with her posh ex-groupie mom Penny; having problems with adult life reality, working in a quirky gift store which is owned by her BFF Stevie.

Watching Miranda, I was not only laughing at her misfortunes on the dating arena, her problems with getting the "serious job", not "having enough allure" or trying to quit habits of impersonating the police officer being dressed from head to toes in professional uniform and walking down the city streets, I felt really invited into her own world which despite all oddities was very true to reality of my generation.

It is hard not to laugh when she starts singing 80's songs from the beginning to end, whenever she is not sure about how to have meaningful conversations at parties; her wardrobe malfunctions in front of quite big audience in the least expected circumstances or when she turns her head into the camera making you feel like she is talking just to you and she is ashamed of herself but she trusts you would understand.

Although Miranda is a social recluse, her friendships are very real and even her over-demanding mother, who wants to give her hand in marriage to any willing stranger wearing pants,  can be actually very sensitive and supportive. Her complicated love life brings has very satisfying and funny moments.

The script of the show is very witty, very centered on British sense of humor, although with a universal appeal. After watching 3 seasons of Miranda, I listened to her audiobook "Is it just me?" and watched numerous interviews with her for the British TV. My verdict is: Miranda Hart's got talent! Her feminine appeal as a comedian is that she is very confident in her skin and she is not pretending that it was like this from the very beginning, she went through many trials and errors to come to this point of success both as a comedian and as a woman.

Miranda Hart

As Oscar Wilde once said: "Be yourself, everyone else is already taken." 

Fashion styles come and go but a woman with a great sense of humor is always en vogue.

Who is your favorite woman comedian and why does she make you laugh?