Comedy Woman
| Comedy Woman | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy, sketch show |
| Created by | Natalia Eprikyan |
| Starring | Dmitry Khrustalyov (episodes 1–128), Natalia Eprikyan (episodes 129–237) |
| Country of origin | Russia |
| Original language | Russian |
| No. of seasons | 9 |
| No. of episodes | 237 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Natalia Eprikyan, Arthur Dzhanibekyan, Vyacheslav Dusmukhametov, Semyon Slepakov, Andrey Levin (Seasons 7–9) |
| Production location | Moscow |
| Production company | Comedy Club Production |
| Original release | |
| Network | TNT |
| Release | 21 November 2008 – 7 February 2020 |
| Related | |
| Love Is | |
Comedy Woman (pronounced “Kámedi Wúmen”; formerly Made in Woman[1]) is a Russian comedy television show produced by Comedy Club Production, which aired on the TNT network. The premiere took place on 21 November 2008.
In December 2019, the project was put on hold, and filming of new episodes was suspended. In May 2020, the closure of the show was announced, which was later confirmed in September.[2][3]
History
Made in Woman (2006–2008)
Created by Natalia Eprikyan, Made in Woman was a female comedy cabaret featuring former KVN participants. The show toured Moscow clubs from 2006 to 2008 with rotating casts and live performances.
Television show (2008–2020)
The pilot aired on 21 November 2008. After four episodes, the show returned on 9 March 2009 under the new title Comedy Woman, with an updated cast. The program combined sketch comedy, songs, dances, and clownish performances.
Casting and changes
In 2016, the show held a major casting to refresh its cast. New members were gradually introduced, culminating in a new spin-off segment titled Love Is.
Creators
- Creator: Natalia Eprikyan
- Directors: Dmitry Efimovich, Roman Novikov, Kirill Kuzin, Igor Panyushkin, Anatoly Shpulnikov
- Composer: Vitaly Kudrin
- Choreographers: Ekaterina Varnava, Konstantin Myakinkov
- Producers: Natalia Eprikyan, Arthur Dzhanibekyan, Vyacheslav Dusmukhametov, Semyon Slepakov, Andrey Levin
Controversies
In December 2017, a joke by the cast of the show aired on 8 December, in which an Ingush woman was depicted as an escort,[4] sparked a conflict, and shortly afterward the show's creators apologized on social media for the unsuccessful joke.[5] A video was aired in which the hosts and TNT executives apologized to the Ingush people.[6] The channel management demanded that content producers plan their jokes more carefully to avoid having "to apologize to anyone" again.[7]
In 2019, Nikita Mikhalkov criticized a May 2013 episode of the show in which Natalia Medvedeva made a joke about the Soviet Union general and Hero of the Soviet Union D. M. Karbyshev.[8][9][10] Actress Natalia Medvedeva apologized for her joke about Karbyshev, stating that during the preparation of the sketch, she believed the general's surname was fictional.[11] The general's grandson, Dmitry Karbyshev, filed a complaint with the Investigative Committee of Russia about the show.[12]
References
- ^ Под таким названием вышли первые 4 выпуска передачи. После перерыва показ проекта возобновился под названием «Comedy Woman»
- ^ "TNT announced the closure of «Comedy Woman» / Rambler Woman, 7 May 2020". Archived from the original on 2020-10-22. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
- ^ ""Comedy Woman" closed, and I have seven loans!": Nadezhda Angarskaya is unemployed, while Ekaterina Varnava became a millionaire / Komsomolskaya Pravda, 8 September 2020". Archived from the original on 2020-09-09. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
- ^ "В Comedy Woman извинились за шутку с ингушской девушкой". VladTime. 2017-12-12. Archived from the original on 2018-01-02. Retrieved 2019-03-10.
- ^ ""Жрать камни будешь": Бурный скандал на ТНТ из-за ингушской эскортницы". ЯрскГрад. 2017-12-22. Archived from the original on 2018-01-02. Retrieved 2019-03-10.
- ^ "В эфире ТНТ появился ролик с извинениями перед ингушами". Meduza. 2017-12-14. Archived from the original on 2020-10-31. Retrieved 2019-03-10.
- ^ "ТНТ ввёл ограничения на шутки после скандала с "ингушской эскортницей"". Ридус. 2017-12-21. Archived from the original on 2018-07-26. Retrieved 2019-03-10.
- ^ Андрей Сидорчик (2019-02-05). "Страсти по Карбышеву. Можно ли шутить над генералом, замученным немцами?". АиФ. Archived from the original on 2020-10-27. Retrieved 2020-09-12.
- ^ "Михалков назвал участниц Comedy Woman овцами". Archived from the original on 2019-02-07. Retrieved 2019-02-25.
- ^ "Михалков резко отреагировал на шутку о советском генерале в Comedy Woman". Archived from the original on 2020-10-19. Retrieved 2020-09-12.
- ^ АЛЕКСАНДР ДЖУМАЕВ. "Бывшая участница Comedy Woman Наталия Медведева извинилась за шутку о генерале Карбышеве". Комсомольская правда. Archived from the original on 2019-02-25. Retrieved 2019-02-25.
- ^ Александр Гришин (2019-02-25). "Внук генерала Карбышева: Извинения не приняты! Шуточки над памятью деда - это диверсия" (in Russian). KP.RU - сайт «Комсомольской правды». Archived from the original on 2019-02-25. Retrieved 2019-02-25.