Can Mary Beth Barone Revive Feminist Standup?

A decade ago, Amy Schumer became the only woman to headline Madison Square Garden. With a new Netflix special, Barone is looking to break out in a very different atmosphere.

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“This is the first Netflix special ever to be done completely in vocal fry.”

Mary Beth Barone knows her debut Netflix special, “Galaxy Brain,” might piss some people off. In fact, she’s keeping a list — on it are J.K. Rowling, Mark Zuckerberg and male comedians in general, to name a few. “I’m just fully ready to get it out there and see who’s mad at me,” Barone tells…

The comedian and actor’s new Netflix special is a gleefully absurd take on politics and potty-mouthed humor Mary Beth Barone knows exactly who will be offended by her new Netflix special. “JK Rowling, Republicans, establishment Democrats, the British, the Irish and Zionists,” she tells me, reading a list from her Notes