Bloody hell.
Another person I used to know a bit has died of cancer. I feel really dreadful about it actually in that she was universally liked as a person yet the only thing I wrote about her was a review of a comedy gig in which she didn't really do very well which therefore came across quite critically. Oh dear. That's horrible. Jeff Green pilloried me about it at the time. It was justifiable, in journalistic terms. But you know - he was sticking up for his mate, who was really nice, which is probably more justifiable than me writing some passing piece in order to be paid uhuh, at that point, £50 a week. Ultimately, journalism about comedy is a load of old bollocks anyway.
She really flowered on the radio though - she was much better in that sort of atmosphere than in front of a standup audience *when she was a less experienced comedian* (ust making that caveat, I hadn't seen her in front of an audience for a long time. I think she probably gave it up, but the confidence radio familiarity would have given her would have helped enormously).
Anyway. It's horrible, and mean and I hope to God she had a gentle exit.
Posted by cait at February 28, 2006 06:30 PM