Dame Edna on The Project
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Dame Edna on The Project in 2012.
Dame Edna Everage is a character created and performed by Australian comedian Barry Humphries, famous for her lilac-coloured or "wisteria hue" hair and cat eye glasses or "face furniture", her favourite flower, the gladiolus ("gladdies") and her boisterous greeting: "Hello, Possums!" As Dame Edna, Humphries has written several books including an autobiography, My Gorgeous Life, appeared in several films and hosted several television shows (on which Humphries has also appeared as himself and other alter-egos).
Humphries has regularly updated Edna, originally a drab Melbourne housewife satirising Australian suburbia; then he caused the Edna character to adopt an increasingly outlandish wardrobe after performances in London in the 1960s through which his Edna character grew in stature and popularity. Following film appearances and an elevation to damehood in the 1970s, the character evolved to "Housewife and Superstar", then "Megastar" and finally "Gigastar". Throughout the 1980s and 1990s Dame Edna became increasingly known and popular in North America after multiple stage and television appearances.
Edna describes her chat-shows as "an intimate conversation between two friends, one of whom is a lot more interesting than the other". The character has been used to satirise the cult of celebrity, class snobbery, and prudishness and is often used by Humphries to poke fun at the political leaders and fashions of the times. Her larger-than-life persona and scathing but dead-on commentary on society and celebrity, as well as her habit of treating celebrities like ordinary people (on her TV shows) and ordinary people like celebrities (in her stage shows) have become signatures.
Although Humphries freely states that Edna is a character he plays, Edna refers to Humphries as her "entrepreneur" or manager. Humphries and his staff of assistants and writers only refer to Edna as "she" and "her", never mixing the character with Humphries himself. It is this precision and richness of identity which gives Dame Edna her unique force as a character.
In March 2012, Humphries announced that the character would be retired at the end of the current stage tour; however, as of 2013 he has decided to bring her back.
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She was and is the world’s only megastar. How we possums grieve our loss of her. RIP Dame!
Steve’s face when Dame shuts him down 😂 😂😂
It's always amazing to watch people who are interviewing the Dame. Some know how to handle the task, while others can't quite get it that YOU DON'T INTERRUPT THE DAME - EVER!
@maryannsaia9094
5 жыл бұрын
I like her funny answers.
Best line be desensitized after 50 lol we gonna miss you Barry love from UK RIP
Barry Humphreys shear brilliant he was a Class Act
The best 12 minutes of The Project ever
Cant help but smile when you watch this fabulous dame
RIP Barry Humphries 😢
Sir Les and Dame Edna weren't born. They just appeared from heaven to give us joy!
She is far too witty and smart for these presenters
@anthony-kelly
Жыл бұрын
Agreed. A panel of non-entities unaware of the stellar talent in their presence.
"most of us have only had 1 or 2" OMG!!!!!!! Dying! What a talent
@stratfordbaby
Жыл бұрын
The best line I've heard in quite a long time.
@cevoukildites3754
10 ай бұрын
Indeed !
Dame Edna is fantastic! She also has the best pins! She is just way too bright for them!
And still I forget she’s a creation sometimes…
One of the best ever !!
Funnier than the whole panel combined.
I love her Dame Edna. Funny and brilliant.
@reggiemitcham2092
5 жыл бұрын
Tara E Girod
"Sex after 50." What an answer she gave!!! Great!
'Absolute Honor' is so Well Deserved
Dame just rocked those under talented people. easy.
@maryannsaia9094
5 жыл бұрын
Dame Edna has a wonderful smile and always makes me laugh. I enjoy her humor. This is the best character by Barry Humphries.
@jglammi
5 жыл бұрын
joo kyllae, tottkai
@benneden2580
3 жыл бұрын
why do people become so rude in comments? bizarre.
Australian tv presenters are so sleepy....they are the most boring monotoned dweebs anywhere. Dame Edna however is genius and i love her.
Miss Jim ans Dame Edna.
Comedy legend.
Love Barry. He loves Edna. I live them both. Fantastic entertainer. I dream of meeting him.
yes she is the best. i love her show so much.
She's the funniest 😅🤣😅🤣😅🤣
Dame Edna Is the BEST
@lorenzomagazzeni5425
6 жыл бұрын
She's soo Queensland - dan you imagine it, Humpries is from Melb and scared to go present Edna in front of Sidney audiences
Edna showing these wankers what real talent and wit is
@Empowerman
5 жыл бұрын
True that! Geesh.
She treated them like the bottom feeders they are
@DunhillX1
3 жыл бұрын
Especially that awful prat with the black and red tie. He had no humour what so ever...or manners. These youngsters today...not a professional bone in their bodies.
When will these bozo's and others like them understand that when they have Dame Edna as a guest, she speaks, they listen and do not interrupt. Parky did it best.
@maryannsaia9094
5 жыл бұрын
I agree, they should just let her speak.
@DunhillX1
3 жыл бұрын
Parky did do it best. Good old fashioned professionalism and manners. That black and red tie man was awful. Learn to have a laugh you sour pussed trout.
@stephenfermoyle4578
2 жыл бұрын
YES
Where’s that clip where Dame Edna tears into Ali Waleed.
@johnstory2996
Жыл бұрын
Are you referring to the Murdoch failson circlejerk?
Dentally challenged! Hahahahahaha!
i love it! lol
No republic for Aussies! Dame Edna would prevent that! Lol
Whirled politicians
Who are you?😂😂😂😂
Who are you??? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
She still looks supple, doesn't she, darlings?
@frankhendricks5918
Жыл бұрын
Simple music can make you sing simple hug can make you feel better simple things can make you happy, i hope my simple Hello brings smile to your face,
Talk about fake laughter from pickering and co They probably just realised how little talent they have 🙄
These so called comics/ personalities are dreadful; and even more so when put next to a genius like Humphries.. With a couple of exceptions, we just aren't producing comedic talent like we used to in Australia.. And btw I'm not an oldie, Im in the generation of these hosts, maybe a bit younger; but sorry they are utterly mediocre..
What ever the show her objective is to through off the hosts
Today's comedians are dull and their humour is sterile in comparison with Edna's! And the interviewers are so tense not to miss the commercial break, so pathetic...
Why do the Australians and British pronounce the letter 'a' as 'er' and the letter 'r' as 'ah'?
@sjb2471
5 жыл бұрын
Troy Eppstein well in England’s case, probably because that’s where the English language evolved and comes from, so they sort of get to set the rules 🙄
@maryannsaia9094
5 жыл бұрын
I like the way they talk.
@jensen1971x
3 жыл бұрын
@lachlan foley Do I?
Perfect attitude towards climate change 😅
Imagine the Dame and Waleed... i would give anything to see Dame Edna and that bozo....
Aussies come across mean.
@AGolfHitter
6 жыл бұрын
Michael Walsh Good. Fuck off.
@mowgli27
3 жыл бұрын
Slap a redback on the bar, its your shout china.
@anthonythistle1465
Жыл бұрын
Some are, some are not. The Project is full of it. Barry Humphries is above these muppets.
To many and to messy presenters..
Weird sense of humour nearly bulling.
@tigermotive2378
3 жыл бұрын
The real Aussie sense of humour, the larrikin having a dig