Comedy Country is about Australian comic performance and its relationship with social and cultural change from 1945 to the present.
“Mum, I don't
want to be RICH,
I want to be EFFLUENT!” - Kath and Kim
We seek answers to questions about the nature of comedy in Australian society and to understand its significance in propelling, calibrating and mediating cultural and social change.
“The thing about
it gives you a platform
to
so it becomes a
- Hannah Gadsby
We look at the role and limits of humour as a powerful expression of social values and moral codes, of what is racist, what is sexist, what is offensive, what is obscene, who can we laugh at, when and why?
“I often joke that my comedy heroes are
black men , thequeer community andJewish women .”- Nakkiah Lui
