La Vie en Watercolor / Jessie Kanelos Weiner

La Vie en Watercolor / Jessie Kanelos Weiner

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How I started doing standup at 37

How I started doing standup at 37

A midlife crisis with wings

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Jessie Kanelos Weiner
Nov 16, 2023
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How I started doing standup at 37
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Photo by Terrence Wong / Blast Off Comedy Paris

“I’m wearing so much leather, this could be a Netflix special”, is how I opened a recent set in a grungy Parisian underground open mic. “I just had a realization. I just started standup, I’m wearing a lot of leather and I’m 37 years old. This is my midlife crisis, but make it fabulous!”  Since April of this…

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