The celebratory biopic Stan & Ollie is attracting reviews every bit as affectionate as the film’s own treatment of Laurel and Hardy. Stan & Ollie review – melancholy twilight of comedy gods Laurel and Hardy Read moreWhat it can’t explain – and shouldn’t be expected to – is why male comedy double acts endure while female ones remain an anomaly. Yet the most visible female double act in my own 1970s childhood was Hinge and Bracket – and they weren’t even women. Female double acts don’t appear to be thin on the ground, but try to cite examples and you quickly find yourself naming characters rather than comics. Yet if we’re complaining that there aren’t enough female double acts, perhaps we’re looking in the wrong places: the rise of YouTube and podcasts must have taught us that.

Source: The Guardian January 12, 2019 06:00 UTC