# Melbourne Comedy Festival **URL:** \ **Category:** Extra\ **Tags:** awards\ **Created:** [April 16, 2019, 9:03am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/melbourne-comedy-festival/8663 "2019-04-16T09:03:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JBar](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/jbar/32/151177_2.png) [@JBar](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JBar)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 9:03am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/melbourne-comedy-festival/8663/1 "2019-04-16T09:03:31Z")
Discuss the Melbourne Comedy Festival and the Comedy Festival Awards here. ---
**Author:** ![JBar](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/jbar/32/151177_2.png) [@JBar](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JBar)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 9:03am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/melbourne-comedy-festival/8663/2 "2019-04-16T09:03:57Z")
> **['Barry's comments didn't help': Why Comedy Festival removed Barry Humphries's...](https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/comedy/barry-s-comments-didn-t-help-why-comedy-festival-removed-barry-humphries-s-name-20190416-p51emj.html?btis)** > > The decision to rename the annual Barry Award comes in the same year the festival dropped long-time artist Michael Leunig. > The director of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival has explained the decision to rename their prestigious Barry Award ---
**Author:** ![Salty](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/salty/32/71_2.png) [@Salty](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Salty)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 9:08am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/melbourne-comedy-festival/8663/3 "2019-04-16T09:08:56Z")
![Screenshot_2019-04-16-19-07-19](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/a/9/a9eec4c29b10ff163ec5ce8bb72210a04af12876.png) ---
**Author:** ![NewsWeary](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/newsweary/32/254_2.png) [@NewsWeary](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/NewsWeary)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 9:50am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/melbourne-comedy-festival/8663/4 "2019-04-16T09:50:07Z")
I have no doubt the vast majority of Australians love and respect the LGBTQI community. These outdated opinions expressed by people, particularly by older Australians who grew up with a different world view, are a reflection on them and their lack of enlightenment. I don’t see the point in people becoming outraged every time someone like Barry Humphries expresses a stupid personal opinion. Accept that people aren’t perfect, will not always conform to your world view and they may express an opinion that upsets you. What a bunch of hypocrites the comedy festival directors must be. Some of the most distasteful comments I’ve ever heard have come from comedians at the expense of marginalised groups in the community. It would not surprise me at all to see the implementation of censorship of comedic material at comedy festivals because people have become so thin skinned and adopted a perpetual victim mentality. Barry Humphries’s contribution to Australian comedy is more than the stupid, unenlightened comment he made about transgender. I’d argue his Dame Edna persona has probably aided acceptance of that group in society. We’ve become a society of snowflakes. Cue the outrage. ---
**Author:** ![JasonF](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/jasonf/32/349220_2.png) [@JasonF](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JasonF)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 10:00am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/melbourne-comedy-festival/8663/5 "2019-04-16T10:00:43Z")
i disagree that people wont always conform to your world view. my father is barry humphreys age and when i was forced out as gay he had a hard time coping with the fact that i was gay and it was not long after i lost my mother . for days on end dad and i would always debate about me being gay and it got to a point where it turned to be award silence. so one night my father after we had another another debate on me being gay and me pleading to my dad to aspect me for me and for not what iam he said" i already lost your mother iam not going to lose a son as well’’ so he went to my aunty whos a lot younger then him and saught help . to this day i dont know what was said or done nor do i want to know but it turned my fathers thinking around to where not only did he accpected me but the lgbtiq world and what it means . he even accpected the fact that one day i may even marry bf and this coming from a person who always thought that gay people belonged in a mental aslyem ---
**Author:** ![JBar](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/jbar/32/151177_2.png) [@JBar](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JBar)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 10:19am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/melbourne-comedy-festival/8663/6 "2019-04-16T10:19:26Z")
> [@NewsWeary](#): > > Barry Humphries’s contribution to Australian comedy is more than the stupid, unenlightened comment he made about transgender. But if someone acts like a dickhead and now causes offence, there is no reason to continue to hold them in high regard. ---
**Author:** ![TelevisionAU](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/televisionau/32/125_2.png) [@TelevisionAU](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TelevisionAU)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 11:01am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/melbourne-comedy-festival/8663/8 "2019-04-16T11:01:35Z")
> [@NewsWeary](#): > > I have no doubt the vast majority of Australians love and respect the LGBTQI community. These outdated opinions expressed by people, particularly by older Australians who grew up with a different world view, are a reflection on them and their lack of enlightenment. I don’t see the point in people becoming outraged every time someone like Barry Humphries expresses a stupid personal opinion. Accept that people aren’t perfect, will not always conform to your world view and they may express an opinion that upsets you. Like the outrage that was directed at Bert Newton after last year’s Logies. OK, he made some off jokes, but the outrage that was directed at him I think was unfair. I don’t really see the point in removing Barry Humphries’ identity from the MICF. If it was an award presented by the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, then perhaps I’d take a harsher view, but I think this is just attention grabbing. And, for years, I didn’t even twig that the “Barry” award was named after Barry Humphries. I just thought it was an ironically daggy name for their award and a half-hearted reference to the Logie 😛 ---
**Author:** ![TVHead](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tvhead/32/160_2.png) [@TVHead](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TVHead)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 11:34am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/melbourne-comedy-festival/8663/9 "2019-04-16T11:34:32Z")
> [@TelevisionAU](#): > > Like the outrage that was directed at Bert Newton after last year’s Logies. OK, he made some off jokes, but the outrage that was directed at him I think was unfair. I don’t really see the point in removing Barry Humphries’ identity from the MICF. If it was an award presented by the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, then perhaps I’d take a harsher view, but I think this is just attention grabbing. Big difference between some old school Bert jokes and Barry’s offensive trans comments, read them, it’s vile. ---
**Author:** ![TelevisionAU](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/televisionau/32/125_2.png) [@TelevisionAU](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TelevisionAU)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 11:46am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/melbourne-comedy-festival/8663/10 "2019-04-16T11:46:03Z")
> [@TVHead](#): > > Barry’s offensive trans comments, read them, it’s vile yeah, ok, they’re not good. Still think changing the name is unnecessary. ---
**Author:** ![Chris](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/chris/32/542_2.png) [@Chris](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Chris)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 11:28pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/melbourne-comedy-festival/8663/11 "2019-04-16T23:28:49Z")
I saw Judith Lucy on Sunday night. Great show and generally someone I see most years. She was great. This weekend I am checking out Ursila Carlson and Joel Creasey, both I have seen a few times as well. ---
**Author:** ![JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JohnsonTV)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2020, 9:56pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/melbourne-comedy-festival/8663/12 "2020-03-15T21:56:25Z")
This year’s festival has been cancelled due to coronavirus, but I reckon that individual performances may continue. ---
**Author:** ![TelevisionAU](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/televisionau/32/125_2.png) [@TelevisionAU](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TelevisionAU)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 6:05am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/melbourne-comedy-festival/8663/13 "2024-04-22T06:05:31Z")
> [@Nine Radio (Talk)](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/nine-radio-talk/108/7626): > > $20 this will be the “top story” and depth on today Drive program. It’s already been done to death on Mornings and Afternoons today. > > ![IMG_6186](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/4X/8/5/a/85a04935bc02c05eba6b97d8bb315d4eb4d4d03f.jpeg) > [@Nine Radio (Talk)](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/nine-radio-talk/108/7627): > > “I’d also love young mothers to tell us how hard it is being a young mum” I am not excusing or defending the alleged conduct of said comedian (I wasn’t there, and there have been various versions of the incident circulating social media, so who is actually right?) but being a “young mum” does not entitle you to taking a 7 month old baby to an adults comedy show. Being a responsible parent sometimes means having to miss out on things. The baby certainly doesn’t want to be there. _(maybe bumping up an old thread isn’t the best idea.. but short of creating a “Old Man Yells At Cloud” thread I thought this was at least close to being relevant)_ ---
**Author:** ![Nicholas](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/nicholas/32/114_2.png) [@Nicholas](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Nicholas)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 6:16am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/melbourne-comedy-festival/8663/14 "2024-04-22T06:16:39Z")
It was a 15+ age event too. I agree completely - she shouldn’t have brought her baby to the show. ---
**Author:** ![OnAir](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/onair/32/88553_2.png) [@OnAir](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/OnAir)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 6:30am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/melbourne-comedy-festival/8663/15 "2024-04-22T06:30:54Z")
I can’t believe the gall of her family to complain, nor those defending her. ---
**Author:** ![TelevisionAU](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/televisionau/32/125_2.png) [@TelevisionAU](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TelevisionAU)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 6:42am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/melbourne-comedy-festival/8663/16 "2024-04-22T06:42:31Z")
> [@Nicholas](#): > > It was a 15+ age event too. I understand that venues will still allow children up to the age of 2 to enter, but from my limited experience with children (I don’t have any of my own but I am at least an uncle) they can be extremely unpredictable and can be extremely loud/distracting without any provocation or warning. And a comedy venue is not exactly an environment that’s conducive to keeping a child calm/quiet/asleep. ---
**Author:** ![Troiboi](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/troiboi/32/482503_2.png) [@Troiboi](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Troiboi)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 6:47am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/melbourne-comedy-festival/8663/17 "2024-04-22T06:47:51Z")
There was a baby at a Wicked performance I went to a couple weeks back. It was vocal throughout the whole show so I can see how he might have felt this would be a distraction. ---
**Author:** ![TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tv.cynic/32/316932_2.png) [@TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TV.Cynic)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 6:48am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/melbourne-comedy-festival/8663/18 "2024-04-22T06:48:29Z")
Afternoon News Sydney ![04-22_13-34-57_Channel 9_Channel 9.ts_010663543](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/4X/0/2/b/02ba75afd9c6932c0eababe135d9eea6cdc2a7bf.jpeg) ANd tonight in QLD ![Lego_Masters_Australia_Vs_Rest_Of_The_World_20240422_1334.ts_011116913](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/4X/c/1/0/c10e683c881464dd98d86712ad3f730dfa59280d.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Troiboi](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/troiboi/32/482503_2.png) [@Troiboi](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Troiboi)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 6:49am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/melbourne-comedy-festival/8663/19 "2024-04-22T06:49:50Z")
That headline is not entirely correct is it? Going for the tabloid outrage? ---
**Author:** ![JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JohnsonTV)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 6:54am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/melbourne-comedy-festival/8663/20 "2024-04-22T06:54:48Z")
> **[‘Focus is a delicate thing’: Arj Barker defends decision to boot mum with...](https://www.theage.com.au/culture/comedy/arj-barker-asks-mum-with-baby-to-leave-his-show-20240422-p5flk0.html)** > > The popular comedian asked the mother and baby to leave his Saturday night comedy festival show, saying it was for people aged over 15 only and the baby was “disrupting” his performance. ---
**Author:** ![TelevisionAU](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/televisionau/32/125_2.png) [@TelevisionAU](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TelevisionAU)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 7:07am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/melbourne-comedy-festival/8663/21 "2024-04-22T07:07:15Z")
> [@TV.Cynic](#): > > ![04-22_13-34-57_Channel 9_Channel 9.ts_010663543](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/4X/0/2/b/02ba75afd9c6932c0eababe135d9eea6cdc2a7bf.jpeg) doesn’t that picture just encapsulate the “Karen” phenomenon [Next page](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/melbourne-comedy-festival/8663.md?page=2)