Titclown show trades sharp comedy for broad anti-men fury
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- Jessica Aszkenasy stages her second Titclown show, 'Daddy's Little Girl,' following her 2025 debut, directed by Cecily Nash
- The Philippe Gaulier-trained performer splits the show between voice-note-style feminist analysis of dating and nude-heavy physical clowning in an oversized suit
- Aszkenasy nuzzles a wobbling dildo during voiceover about male ego worship, then crumples in shame to put on a pad — a contrast the reviewer calls a 'tightrope walk' producing 'smart contrasts'
- The show's playful, specific fragments give way to broader fury about 'what men are allowed to get away with,' with more nuanced details 'sidelined for the straightforward egging of abusers everyone can agree are scum'
- The reviewer concludes the slippery-slope argument about tolerated bad male behavior is 'less artfully done' than the earlier inventive comedy
Why it matters: The review flags a trade-off central to contemporary feminist performance — Aszkenasy's voice-note-plus-clowning format lands hardest when it stays in the granular, absurdist register, and weakens when it pivots to consensus denunciation. For programmers and audiences weighing whether the show's rougher final stretch undercuts its sharper opening, the reviewer comes down on the side of its specificity.
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