ABSTRACT

In this essay, I conduct an ideological performance critique of Tig Notaro’s now-famous 2012 stand-up comedy performance, Live, in which she discloses her recent breast cancer diagnosis. Doing so places her firmly within the realm of dominant pink ribbon culture, which valorizes the she-ro, an attractive, all-conquering superhero. I argue that Notaro utilizes the literary and rhetorical trope bathos to subvert the she-ro ideal. Her subversion demonstrates the potential power of stand-up comedy to intervene in harmful and oppressive ideologies on behalf of marginalized and misunderstood populations and renegotiate these populations’ positions in the dominant culture.

摘要

在这篇文章中，我对蒂格·诺塔罗 (Tig Notaro) 2012 年著名的单口喜剧表演《现场》进行了意识形态表演批评，其中她披露了她最近的乳腺癌诊断。这样做使她牢牢地置身于占主导地位的粉红丝带文化领域，这使她成为一个有吸引力的、征服一切的超级英雄。我认为诺塔罗利用文学和修辞的比喻来颠覆她的理想。她的颠覆展示了单口喜剧的潜在力量，代表边缘化和被误解​​的人群干预有害和压迫性的意识形态，并重新谈判这些人群在主流文化中的地位。