It’s more refreshing than I can describe to see women at the helm of something so ridiculously funny. The “business” (as it’s commonly referred to) is lousy with male comedians and comedy writers who often times write the sketches and shows that their female counterparts star in, and it only makes sense that when material is meant to represent any particular group of people it’s the people being represented that should (and would) know best how to create it. That is only part of the reason why Baroness von Sketch Show has so quickly become near and dear to my heart, because no man could ever have written it. It had to be written by women to become what it is, and not just any women -- these women. This comedy quartet has a collective voice that is intelligent, insightful and balls-out funny.
IFC Has Another Winner in "Baroness von Sketch Show"
Publish date
August 02, 2017 (ET)Channel
TV / Video DownloadWomen are hilarious. That’s not exactly a hot take, but no show offers greater evidence of that observation than IFC’s newly acquired comedy Baroness von Sketch Show. Think Key & Peele meets Portlandia, except it’s written by an almost all female staff, and there’s no underlying narrative or interspersed monologues. The four creators, executive producers, and stars of the Canadian-borne BVSS are Carolyn Taylor, Meredith MacNeill, Aurora Browne and Jennifer Whalen, and their brand of rapid-fire sketch comedy is as side-splitting as it is relatable and honest. (My editor tells me they took the Television Critics Association by storm last weekend when they appeared at the group’s Summer 2017 tour -- see images above and below.) These female aficionados cover every aspect of feminism from lipstick to post-structural, and everything in-between, but the cherry on top is their collective aptitude for touching on everyday stuff like the workplace (birthdays, and bosses), social situations (drinking, and vacationing with friends), and social issues (motherhood, and being a lesbian).