Appropriately, the interview began by trading food tips.
If Im ever in New York, I now know to ride the high-low trend of leaving your whole paycheque behind at worthy establishments such as Eleven Madison Park or Ko, only to turn around to jump into line the next day for the hole-in-the-wall delights of Pukk or Mission Chinese.
You can probably guess what 麻豆传媒映画restaurants I recommend to comedian when shes in town for the 2013 Chutzpah Festival.
Her character is an eater, and she laughs heartily over the phone when I point out that weve talked more about food than her show 3 Hysterical Broads (Off Their Medication).
Shell be performing her set alongside Dana Eagle (Comedy Central) and Emmy-award winner Judy Gold (The Judy Show, 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother), and their every neurosis, phobia and bad-habit will be the butt of a joke.
But its incredible to hear Kahaney (one of the standout female comics of the last two decades, whose resum茅 reads like a whos who of Late Night television and off-Broadway), actually admit its less an act and more a mitigation of real insecurities.
We exchanged these feelings of We cant take it anymore! Were not doing the spinning, were not doing the yoga, were not doing the therapy. I am so sick of improving on myself. This is it, this is who I am, Kahaney explains. If were not role models, at least were putting the women who feel how we feel at ease.
Each comedian will be embracing her anti-Angelina Jolie in a stand-up set, complete with hilarious day-in-the-life intro videos, of which Kahaneys was filmed entirely at a Weight Watchers meeting.
Even though I love to eat, nobody needs to pull me out of my apartment with a crane yet. Judy Gold happens to like going to doctors appointments all week long because shes a neurotic Jew, and Dana Eagle swears by all her pharmaceuticals. Weve all sort of just accepted ourselves. And I dont see that a lot anymore.
You look at Angelina Jolie and shes got the five kids and the perfect body and shes saving the world I cant do that. I cant! Its not fair that that is the barometer for being a full woman.
So they made a show about it. And their so what? attitude will be making its Canadian d茅but in 麻豆传媒映画on Feb. 9 (and an encore performance Feb. 10) with a symbiosis that excites Kahaney.
The audience that comes to the Chutzpah Festival is really smart. They want something intelligent and on the spot at the same time. We are not your typical female comics talking about dating, she laughs.
As an 18-year-old actress in New York, Kahaney says she would often go nine months to a year without work. It wasnt until age 29 that she stumbled upon stand-up comedy and felt the click.
I could do four shows a night, I could do one show a week. The luxury of being able to get up on stage and feel that connection with the audience whenever I wanted was so freeing. And Im a little bit of a control freak I like to take credit for all the of the success, and, all of the failure. If I kill, its all me, and if I bomb its all me.
If youre really a good comic youre sort of a conductor. Youre throwing a joke to the left side, or to the back of the room, because youre trying to invite them in. And little by little, if youre pulling all the strings correctly, you have a symphony going.
The 2013 Chutzpah Festival runs from Feb. 7 to Mar. 10 at various venues. Head to for tickets and schedule.
