![]() Meredith: I think the fact we’re in our forties, and our perspective on experiences is a little bit different than when you’re in your twenties or your thirties. Meredith: We thought at some point, because some of our staff writers are there with us the whole time, we were like, “We’re definitely all going to sync up, we have to be prepared.”Īinsley: Do you think the work you have done would be any different if you had met sooner? Just like, take one! Free! You know, we supplied them for our writers. Meredith: We talked about this because 90% of our writing room is normally women.Ĭarolyn: We had a big thing of tampons like, on the table for a while. When you guys first started working together, how long did it take for all of your cycles to sync up?Īll four Baronesses(laughing and over-talking) : We talked about that!Īinsley: Did it really happen? I didn’t expect to land an actual answer. Meredith MacNeill: I’m single! (laughs) I’m joking.Īinsley: No, that’s not it. It was a love thing.Īinsley Andrade: So, my first question is the one that everybody’s really been wanting to know. So, I went for it, and it worked, and I later learned that, having only known me by my name, when they read my earlier review of their show they had assumed I was a woman. “A joke will break the ice for sure,” I thought. As a huge fan of these women and what they contribute to the comedy world, I was nervous as all hell. I made my way to a table where I sat with IFC’s four latest imports (pictured with me at top, left to right) - Jennifer Whelan, Meredith MacNeil, Carolyn Taylor and Aurora Brown. The TV gods had smiled upon me that fateful afternoon, as evidenced by the sole responsibility with which I’d been charged I was to interview the Canadian goddesses of sketch comedy - the artists currently known as Baroness von Sketch. The very smart publicity chief at IFC had set a handful of critics up with a chance to preview some of their upcoming content - all this during what was arguably the best lunch I’d ever had in New York City. The fifth and final series of Baroness Von Sketch Show concluded in early 2021, and the show will be remembered for not only being from a woman’s point of view, but for being queer, relatable, and able to find comedy in just about anything, even transvaginal ultrasounds.Earlier this year, during the last week of March, I found myself in one of Manhattan’s swankiest restaurants: Upland NYC. Browne is the woman of a thousand faces, and Whalen is the ultimate straight woman with an ability to take things so literally they become ridiculous. Taylor is classic at taking a joke well beyond its limit, leaving everyone in the sketch (and at home) uncomfortable. ![]() ![]() Often this involves her needing to do something quickly (like take off her clothes for a massage or make it through a public washroom without touching anything) and stumbling hilariously through. MacNeill is best when she’s manically ripping through a sketch showing her dexterous physical comedy. Any sketch is just as likely to be about the way women are marketed to as it is to be about awkward dance moves at a wedding.Įach star has their own special charms. Created by and starring Carolyn Taylor, Meredith MacNeill, Aurora Browne and Jennifer Whalen, each episode is a series of rapid-fire sketches blending social critique, slapstick comedy, and dry observations. Baroness Von Sketch Show is groundbreaking for being a show run by and starring women in their 40s, but since its debut in 2016, the show has proven itself to be more than just that landmark. ![]()
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