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The World According To Tim Minchin
Written Sunday, 25th October 2009 for The Daily Star by Unknown
With his wild hair, goth-style eyeliner and fondness for peforming comedy songs barefoot at his gread piano, Aussie stand-up Tim Minchin, 34, cuts a unique form. Winning Best Newcomer at the Perrier Awards in 2006, Tim Isn't afraid to tackle the more risque' subject matter, from Muslims and sex fetishes to fat kids...
People often say about me 'he's like Eddie Izzard' or 'he's no Eddie Izzard'.
I know I'm nowhere near as good as Eddie - but people liken me to him because of the make-up. Or Bill Bailey maybe? Because of the weirdness.
I knew I was never meant to be all T-shirt and jeans, like British bloke comedians.
I'm a plain man and was never going to get a career out of my looks. That's why I got into make-up. I makes you look less ugly. Eyeliner makes your eyes look cool. I like dressing up.
There's no subject I wouldn't tackle in comedy- as long as there's something to say.
I believe there's nothing too sacred to talk about. I've talked about Muslims in my songs Ten Foot Cock and a Few Hundred Virgins and You Don't Eat Pigs.
Very early on in my career I did some cancer jokes about Kylie Minogue.
Then we met and I hated myself. I don't want to live my life scared that I'll meet someone I've offended on stage.
I don't like doing jokes about other celebs.
They're easy targets. I prefer stuff about bad science and religion. I want people to walk out of my shows having been told something significant.
I would never say shocking things for the sake of it.
I've tried doing material on racism and rape, the two ultimate comedy taboos- but I didn't know why I was doing it, so I stopped.
In my song I Love Jesus, there's a really shocking reveal about hating homosexuals.
I'm just satirising people who take that view. I want people who are against gays to feel uncomfortable.
I've upset some people with my song Fat Kids.
(He weighs 30 kilos and he's only three, he looks like a clean-shaven Pavarotti...Your five year old princess in her size 14 tutu, only eats pizza like that because you do). It makes the audience squirm but it's true.
It's a myth that British audiences are different.
They get the same jokes Americans and Australians get. British audience are into absurdities. They like bawdy sex jokes. It's a myth that Americans don't get irony. They made Family Guy and The Simpsons.
I don't like being scathing about other comics.
I don't want to give stuff out I can't take myself. There's been someone who has been scathing about me throughout my career. He called me a 'something' for a year in his shows. I could've got him back a million times but I haven't. I've met them quite a few times since and I've just said, 'I love your work.'
When Frankie Boyle needs to gee things up a bit, he goes into a really messed up pervert joke.
I love that. I suppose everyone has a dark side. Well, I pretend to have one.
I have a mega stalker.
A fan sent me a pdf of some divorce papers urging me to divorce my wife, Sarah, and then marry her. That was scary.
I'd like to think I'm the funniest man in Australia.
But I know I'm not.
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Comments
'I have a mega stalker. A fan sent me a pdf of some divorce papers urging me to divorce my wife, Sarah, and then marry her. That was scary.' that's really creepy! who in their right mind would do that?! :I tried to get 'round a word filter and failed because doing so doing so really annoys the fairies. Plus, it's in the rules not to use text speak: http://angry-feet.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1402 + I'd like to think I'm the funniest man in Australia. But I know I'm not. it's probably true! ;D
Posted on 25th October 2009, 15:14
elainepixie said:
I wonder why the author of this is unknown...? Maybe they don't want anyone to know they write for the Star ;-) Do people really try to liken Tim to Eddie? It's like comparing an apple with an orange. There may be a little overlap in their type of material and their intellectual-but-silly sense of humour but they are really very different. Personally, I love them both!
Posted on 25th October 2009, 22:25