| Lizzy the Lezzy | |
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| Genre | Animation Stand-up comedy |
| Created by | Ruth Selwyn |
| Original languages | English, German, Spanish and Hebrew |
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Lizzy the Lezzy is an animated stand-up comedy series about a woman called Lizzy who talks mostly about lesbian interests.[1] The sketches contain graphical sexual material but not graphic imagery.
Lizzy the Lezzy was created in October 2006 by the Israeli cartoonist Ruth Selwyn. This is the first animated stand-up material of its kind,[2] and the videos have had over 4 million views online.[3] The first episode was uploaded to Myspace and was soon spotted by Arlan Hamilton[4] who writes one of the most popular lesbian blogs on the internet. The publicity from Hamilton's article led to The L Word Online suggesting to Selwyn that she make a funny stand-up video about The L Word. Lizzy then made fun of other lesbians and the resulting video was posted on AfterEllen.[5]
In 2007, Logo TV acquired the first ten Lizzy stand-up comedy videos and broadcast them on its gay/lesbian animation show, Alien Boot Camp. Curve magazine included Lizzy in an article entitled "Networking Lesbians", and Lesbians on the Loose International featured Selwyn and Lizzy as well. Lizzy's stand-up "comedy" videos were also covered on The Bilerico Project's "Sunday Funnies" and on Jewcy where she was described as "the funniest lesbian on Myspace".[6]
Lizzy videos were shown in many gay-themed film festivals, such as the 2008 Israeli Gay and Lesbian Film Festival,[7] and the 2008 Lethal Lesbian 3 film event.[8]
- ^ Farber, Alona (October 4, 2018). "'The Mideast's Biggest Lesbian' Battles the Homophobes, One Facebook Like at a Time". Haaretz. Archived from the original on July 10, 2020. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
- ^ Raphael Ahren, "Lizzy the Lezzy invites you to sing with her", Haaretz, August 29, 2008
- ^ "Lizzy the Lezzy - Lesbian Stand up Comedy Animation", TubeMogul statistics Archived 2010-05-07 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Your Daily Lesbian Moment website
- ^ "Best. Lesbian. Week. Ever". AfterEllen. January 12, 2007. Archived from the original on March 25, 2010. Retrieved March 26, 2010.
- ^ "Lizzy the Lezzy Is The Funniest Lesbian on MySpace". Jewcy. February 28, 2008. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
- ^ Ynet (in Hebrew)
- ^ "Blossoms the cultural wasteland", Mouse (in Hebrew) Archived 2013-01-21 at the Wayback Machine