Comedians in Canada are finding it increasingly harder to get gigs, with some saying they have encountered backlash, threats, and cancelled shows due to their approach to making people laugh.
Lizzy Stanton is a Vancouver-based stand-up comic who claims her jokes have gotten her banned from most venues because many owners and managers don’t want to risk offending their audiences, and fellow comedians refuse to be booked alongside her.
Making light about her Jewish ancestry, or saying she drives alone in the HOV lane for high-occupancy vehicles because “I identify as a they/them,” are examples Stanton cites as making her too edgy for the current market. And the comments have been vicious….