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No Shame

April Macie

Comedy Dynamics · Album · 2017 · 60 min

Explicit relationship comedy with zero filter.

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April Macie’s 2017 comedy album No Shame addresses the double standards of modern dating with the kind of explicit, sex-forward storytelling that has defined her career. Refusing to sanitize her act for broad appeal, Macie embeds her social observations within graphic details about her own love life and family.

Released by Comedy Dynamics, the hour-long audio set moves quickly through 20 short tracks. Macie spends her time contrasting male and female behaviors, such as different communication habits during arguments and the disparate social consequences of casual hookups. While some critics have noted that her battle-of-the-sexes premises can rely on well-worn generalizations, Macie keeps her audience engaged by leaning into the tension and keeping her punchlines direct.

The set list

3 bits

  1. Being a woman is like living in a bad neighborhood

    Examines the challenges, vulnerabilities, and everyday experiences of womanhood through an extended metaphor

  2. Crazy extended family and upbringing

    Personal storytelling detailing eccentric family members and her low-income upbringing in Pennsylvania

  3. Love life and sexual double standards

    Outspoken, explicit commentary arguing that women have just as much right as men to talk frankly about sex

How it plays

Tone
Explicit, frank, irreverent, and no-holds-barred
On stage
Irreverent, outspoken, and overtly sexual comedic voice aiming to empower women and challenge sexual double standards
Pace
Emphasizes comedic timing and vocal impressions
About
Sex and intimate matters, Love life, Extended family and upbringing, Double standards and female sexuality, Living as a woman

What the critics said

A Chicago Tribune assessment highlighted that Macie's best material on the album shines when she leans into personal bits regarding her family and low-income upbringing rather than broad gender tropes

Summed up from reviews, articles and listings. Sources: comedydynamics.com, dead-frog.com, mcall.com, everand.com, bancodeprofissionais.com, audible.com, aprilmacie.com.

Backstory

Drawing from her low-income upbringing in Pennsylvania, Macie uses overtly sexual humor to address double standards facing women

Details

Released
Runtime
60 min
Where
Comedy Dynamics (album)
Topics

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