Interview : Lou Sanz
By
Sean Lynch
Have you ever felt like your children's
stories just weren't dirty enough? Sure, we all have.
It's for that exact reason comedy screenwriter, blogger, comedian - and
now, childrens storyteller - Lou Sanz has decided to take to the stage
with a unique and naughty bag of tricks.
Sean Lynch from Web Wombat Theatre caught up with the devishly funny
comedian ahead of her Melbourne Fringe show "Not Suitable For Children".
What
makes a for a good dirty children's story, what elements must always be
included?
Making sure that no children are involved in any aspect of the story.
Tyre irons always make for good drama and failure and not rising above
itmake for the best childrens stories.
Have
you gained any... weirder fans... thanks to the naughtier material?
I think some of the shows admirer's are best summed up by another
comedian who once came and saw my show "Gee Lou... lots of men over the
age of 40 sitting on the their own and teenage boys giggling in groups".
Some people have the arts community of Melbourne, I tend to attract the
community who rent out Bound
and fast forward through the words and
I'm ok with that.
You've
been performing overseas recently, are there many differences in terms
of what audiences respond to over there - or how Hollywood types expect
you to write?
I'm always surprised by what travels to the States in regards of
material. My last show easilty translated but the minute I mentioned
Enid Blyton this time around no one knew who I was talking about, even
"The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe" was a struggle, but that said if
they laugh then those Hollywood types become really interested in your
material.
If you can make people in the midwest respond to your comedy then the
coasts start to take notice.
I'm sure once they get their hands on your material it's a different
story, but I do find in America the idea of writing, producing and
performing your own material is seen as far more impressive there than
it is here.
You're
also joining several other lovely ladies for "Women of Letters", do you
think letter writing is something of a dead art? Any suggestions as to
how to make them "cool to the kids" again?
I'll admit I do use the postal service and if you were to ask
my boyfriend he'd probably say I seduced him through it. I think
there's something still really nice about getting letters, post cards
and gifts in the mail and it pretty much delivers the next day so it's
a lot more immediate than people think.
I would prefer the cool kids not get into letter riding, I mean look
what they did to bike riding culture - they made us all wankers and
f**ked it up for everyone.
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