Judith Lucy On Nicole Kidman’s Whitegood-esque Face
When I was a kid, I bloody loved Judith Lucy. I would repeatedly watch her on The Late Show and attempt to impersonate her to impress the slightly older boy next door. Later, as a hopeless nineteen year old check out chick (WITH BIG DREAMS) I would zone out whilst scanning stock at the register and replay her appearances on The Mick Molloy Show in my head, and often laugh out loud at the punch lines, much to the confusion/fright of customers.
In my later (declining) years, I would nobly attempt to defend her when male friends insisted her act consisted solely of sooking about her period/singleness in a monotone voice.
But now? Hang on, I think I still like Judith Lucy. Call me next time you’re in Melbourne, Judith! We could be great friends and I could wear your beautiful skin.
Anyway, she’s performing at the Opera House, and she’s given an interview with smh.com.au where she shares her thoughts on Nicole Kidman. Ready?
Age has brought more confidence, less anxiety and a renewed desire “to bang on about stuff”. “I’m almost enjoying myself,” she says. “Finally something’s kicked in where I’m going: ‘You know, you have been doing it for 20 years, you can’t be a complete turkey.’ ”
Lucy is fired up about advertising and popular culture promoting female youth as the ultimate ideal; about the pressure to undergo plastic surgery to look acceptable in an age that fears wrinkles and sagging flesh on women.
Recently, while watching Nicole Kidman in Australia, Lucy was struck by a double standard. “There were lots of close-ups of Miss Kidman and I’m sitting there going: ‘I know you’re a year older than me and your face looks like a whitegood that I could just wipe down.’
Zing! Fiona Connolly is going to have your guts for garters if you follow on from your whitegood comment with the joining of assorted Facebook hate groups, woman.
UPDATE: My god, my headline of choice makes it sound like the two Aussie showbiz ladies are in the midst of some hot and heavy lesbian sex. You know what I meant!
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Judith Lucy is awesome, and was an inspiration to all the chicks in the 90’s who didn’t think marrying a footballer (or at least rooting one) was the pinnacle of existence. The only reason we’ve ever had to defend her, Jess, is that there weren’t any other cynical, hard-drinkin’ funny Aussie chicks in the media who didn’t give a shit and said what we were thinking. She was THE ONLY ONE. Judith rocks. And I am not related to her in any way :) Rant over.
Yeah, because all those male comedians who bang on about how terrible their wives are… they’re a HOOT!