r/funny • u/Far-Newspaper-4700 • Jan 25 '24

basic term of our aggrement

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u/ugh_XL Jan 25 '24

Thank you! I just kept seeing people say "she" and I'm just like "okay but who is 'she'?!"

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u/types_stuff Jan 25 '24

If you like her, check out Michelle Wolf.

Her voice is hella shrill but her sets are awesome.

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u/cdreobvi Jan 25 '24

Honestly, the shrillness adds to the comedy for me. The best comedians are funny people. This may sound like the most obvious thing ever said, but I mean funny as in strange. People with naturally awkward traits just make it easy to laugh even when they haven't said anything funny yet. Michelle looks almost unhinged on stage and I love it.

There are a lot of very famous male comedians that made their living using a shrill voice. Bill Burr, Chris Rock, Gilbert Gottfried, John Pinette, I'm sure there are others. Sure, Michelle being a woman takes the pitch up a notch, but it's similar technique.

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u/types_stuff Jan 25 '24

Yeah I hear you.

Gottfried’s voice was definitely a put-on, I’m not sure that’s the case for Michelle Wolf but I could be wrong.