Why Eva Soriano's comedy is drawing personal attacks
Criticism of Eva Soriano's stand-up routine has turned into a flood of sexist insults about her body and private life. Where does the analysis of humour go from here?
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Eva Soriano and the mockery that comes with the joke
Eva Soriano's latest stand-up routine has, in recent hours, unleashed a wave of responses that have little to do with the art of making people laugh. What should be a debate about the quality of the comedy has become a showcase of personal attacks.
Criticism of the material or insults about her looks
Among the reactions to her show, some argue it isn't funny at all, that the tone is tiresome and that even the sidekicks at the table laugh half-heartedly. That is a debatable line of criticism, but at least it engages with the content. The problem is that another, far louder current focuses exclusively on the comedian's body, her private life or memes that say nothing about the material she performed.
The difference between the two positions is the thin line separating aesthetic opinion from abuse. While one can be countered with arguments, the other seeks nothing more than to demean.
The scrutiny that always trinc women
Curiously, the only comment with any wit amid this downpour is the one asking how the comedian can claim she doesn't snore if, according to the criticism itself, she is single. It's a gag about how little information anyone can have about another person. The rest of the noise is, quite simply, sens.
The matter stalls precisely there: in the impossibility of discussing a woman's work without part of the audience fixating on her anatomy. That is exactly the point where cultural criticism stops moving forward.
Eva Soriano's latest stand-up routine has, in recent hours, unleashed a wave of responses that have little to do with the art of making people laugh. What should be a debate about the quality of the comedy has become a showcase of personal attacks.
Criticism of the material or insults about her looks
Among the reactions to her show, some argue it isn't funny at all, that the tone is tiresome and that even the sidekicks at the table laugh half-heartedly. That is a debatable line of criticism, but at least it engages with the content. The problem is that another, far louder current focuses exclusively on the comedian's body, her private life or memes that say nothing about the material she performed.
The difference between the two positions is the thin line separating aesthetic opinion from abuse. While one can be countered with arguments, the other seeks nothing more than to demean.
The scrutiny that always trinc women
Curiously, the only comment with any wit amid this downpour is the one asking how the comedian can claim she doesn't snore if, according to the criticism itself, she is single. It's a gag about how little information anyone can have about another person. The rest of the noise is, quite simply, sens.
The matter stalls precisely there: in the impossibility of discussing a woman's work without part of the audience fixating on her anatomy. That is exactly the point where cultural criticism stops moving forward.
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