A poster girl for Generation Overshare,Danish standup Sofie Hagen talks approximately everything from being an obsessive Westlife fan to self-harming. She reveals why it was coming out as a feminist that really lost her friendsIf it weren’t for her devotion to five Irish gentlemen with exquisitely gelled hair back in the early noughties, the seeds of Sofie Hagen’s success as a standup might never have been sown. The Danish comedian and winner of 2015’s Edinburgh newcomer award learned comedy’s most valuable skills during her experience as an overdevoted Westlife fan. As a teenager, and Hagen perfected her English via the band’s fan forum,discovered how to fabricate (to make up, invent) a lasting impression at meet and greets, and evolved into a self-made hustler.“You had to have sharp elbows, or ” she recalls. “You had to retain your eyes on the goal. You’d think: ‘I have to meet them now,what do I have to do to meet them? Right, I’ll send a lot of emails and call a lot of people and I’ll find out where they are.’ That’s kind of the same thing you do when you start in comedy. I want a gig: where is the gig? There are approximately 500 people wanting [the gig] so how do I get in the front of the queue? I’ll have to be really humorous.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com