Judith Lucy: a comedian at the top of her game
Our cover story today profiles Judith Lucy - a comedian and a sort of truthteller who makes us flinch and laugh simultaneously.
We all have our favourite comedians but who do insiders put at the top of the tree? There’s an interesting observation from Kevin Whyte, who manages some of the country’s best known comedians: Hannah Gadsby, Judith Lucy, Josh Thomas, Adam Hills… Whyte tells journalist Megan Lehmann that Lucy is arguably the best stand-up comedian in Australia.
“That’s a really tricky thing for me to say given that I manage a whole lot of really amazing comedians,’’ he concedes. She’s not only a comic – Lucy is a podcaster, memoirist, sometime actor and a sort of truthteller who makes us flinch and laugh simultaneously.
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