Stand-up comic Amrita Sethi: Some men just don’t like a woman cracking jokes on them
Stand-up artiste Amrita Sethi says being a women performer she has a lot of scope in her field
Stand-up comic Amrita Sethi says women performers have a lot of scope in her field. “There’s competition, but since the number of women artistes is quite less compared to men, that gives us a greater leverage in the field,” she says.
The comedian adds that thriving in the field isn’t easy. “It’s a tough job for sure,” she says, adding, “Men cracking jokes is a normal norm for all of us. It’s like anybody can do it and it has been happening for ages now. Weddings are the best example, where you always find that one man cracking jokes on his wife, cousins or guests. I started making jokes on my father, hence the name of my show Gareeb Baap Ki Bidgi Hui Aulad. He is such a sport, otherwise usually, men don’t take jokes on them easily.”
Ask her to explain this further and she says, “In a packed house, it’s fine. But as I love interacting with the audience, I have realised some men just don’t like a woman cracking jokes on them. If it was vice versa, I know they would have loved it. That’s what at times surprises me. But it’s okay, as people are not very used to women comics doing crowd work.”
The comic, who is set to bring her show to the city for the first time, followed by another act in Kanpur, is excited about taking the stage in Uttar Pradesh and promises many more to come in future, “I have a long way to go and I want to expand my wings as far as I can. Also, content wise I have a lot in store for my audience.”