Interesting.
by SAH on 2025-10-08The Elgin & Winter Garden Theatres - TorontoRating: 5 out of 5The opening act, the local guy... his story about his injury made me very squeamish, so it took a while for me to relax, but he was good. The second man was funny too. The nature of his jokes had me shaking my head saying, "oh my gosh. This is not okay. I cannot believe he just said that."I had never before watched Whitney do stand-up comedy but I remembered her fondly from her sitcom TV shows years ago. (I loved that show.) I was excited to experience her for the first time live. The stage was very simple, and her intro was strangely subdued, but then I looked around and was reminded that the audience was not the kind I usually encountered at comedy shows. (Take from that what you will). She was funny. My husband, who had never heard of her before, clearly enjoyed her performance more than I did. It was great evening out. As Whitney commented at the close, for a bunch of mature working people to be out on a Friday night for a late show, you know we all really wanted to be there. I did not yawn once. She did a great job interacting with the audience. Actually, the topics of discussion were a bit surprising, and I learned of some of Canada's political rumours which I'd never before heard. It was enlightening. Her offering can be accurately described as social commentary. She touched on a wide variety of topics, and the most striking for me was how motherhood changed attitudes about the world around us. I'm no mother, so I certainly can't empathise there, but still it was interesting and a topic she addressed with a decent balance of honesty and humour. She looked confident, and I hope she felt it too. Much kudos to her. It was a good show. (The old theatre with the forest walls/ceiling, lent a very peculiar juxtaposition to the modern, sometimes vulgar show.)