The hair and make-up team deserves major props throughout the show’s run, but the visual gag of MacNeill’s increasingly ridiculous wig and extensions really makes this one sing. MacNeill is in fine form in this silly sketch that builds on the joke of a woman whose marriage and life is falling apart, but at least her hair still looks great. “Queer Theory Reading Group” feels so refreshing is because yet again, “Baroness” is drawing on culturally specific source material that is completely invisible to most comedy writers. Taylor herself is gay, and often plays lesbian characters in the sketches. This also spawned a follow-up with the same characters, but the original still has that certain something. She can’t shake her essentialist view of gender,” Taylor says sheepishly in this deep cut sketch perfectly calibrated to appear to queer fans, of which “Baroness” has many. As the minutes tick by, all bets are off. There’s the movie trailer inspired “Red Wine Ladies at The Cottage” and the increasingly horrific “Red Wine Ladies: Last Table at the Wedding,” but the original “Red Wine Ladies” established the recurring motifs: A girls’ night devolves into ever more chaos with each “eyes, eyes, eyes” cheers. The ultimate example of the entire foursome at their best, this drunken ensemble sketch spawned a series of excellent follow-ups. One of MacNeill’s character sketches, she plays a woman being tortured for secret codes she can’t remember because of “Mom Brain.” As Browne and Whalen, in their most ridiculous bearded bad guy drag, taze and waterboard the poor wigged mom, she rattles off her grocery list and her son’s achievements. Mainstream comedy tends to favor the young, but as this sketch makes clear, there’s so much untapped material out there. Your liver’s thrown in the towel.” While these women could make any topic funny, they make a meal out of the undignified horrors of aging, especially from a woman’s perspective. “Sweetie, when you hit 40, your body’s just not the same. According to Whalen, who sent some her favorite sketches via email, “this sketch has a very funny life of its own on TikTok.” “40+Hangover” “Sometimes that’s all you need, just get in and get the fuck out,” MacNeill told IndieWire back in 2017. In just under a minute, this highly relatable sketch exemplifies one of the “Baroness” comedy writing maxims: The sketch is as long as it needs to be and no longer. In honor of the fifth and final season premiere, here are some of the best sketches from “Baroness Von Sketch Show.” “Did You Want a Fight?”Ĭanadians fighting is a rare sight. While we’re sorry to see the “Baroness” ladies go, we thought we’d send them out with a bang. Owen Wilson Transforms Into Bob Ross - but Not Quite? - for ‘Paint’: Watch the Trailer That one-two punch is the chef’s kiss of comedy. It’s only after you catch your breath from laughing that you realize the oversized wig is actually a critique of unrealistic beauty standards. The hallmark of a “Baroness” sketch is a relatable everyday scenario that is gradually heightened to insane extremes. Many of the sketches combine a shrewd social criticism, whether of diet culture or parenting double standards, with a wacky brand of outsized character work. The humor is a deeply satisfying blend of broad slapstick with sharp satire. “Baroness” always - and proudly - skews feminist, though the comedy is always queen. IFC brought the series to American audiences in 2017, and will debut the fifth and final season (which premiered in Canada in the fall) on February 24. when sketches began making the rounds on YouTube, earning fans in Reggie Watts and Lea Delaria, who shared early videos. A smash hit in their native Canada, the series earned a cult following in the U.S. The Canadian sketch comedy series is created by Carolyn Taylor, Meredith MacNeill, Aurora Browne and Jennifer Whalen, a dynamic foursome whose varying talents combine into comedic gold. Originating on CBC Television in 2016, “ Baroness Von Sketch Show” has seen us through the chaos of the last five years.
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