Lizz Winstead, co-creator of “The Daily Show,” has announced that she’ll broadcast an end-of-year wrap-up on December 31, The A.V. Club reports. The pay-per-view special will be titled “Controversy,” a nod to the late Prince. It’s safe to assume that the stand-up comic, TV producer, and writer will spend a lot of time riffing on Hillary Clinton and President-elect Donald Trump.
“I have been doing political comedy for 25 years and this year was the biggest avalanche of material I have ever had to dig out from under,” Winstead said in a press release describing the show. She’ll film “Controversy” on December 30 to ensure that the special is as timely as possible.
According to The A.V. Club, “you’ll be able to pre-order the special at this link soon, via a $9.99 donation to Winstead’s Lady Parts Justice League, a non-profit organization that raises awareness about legislation impacting women’s reproductive rights.”
“Where I like to put my personal investment and thought is that if a woman does not have control of the decisions that she makes about her body, she will not ever be able to be in charge and have a seat at the table,” Winstead has said. So, ordering “Controversy” is a great way to support women in comedy and reproductive freedom. Plus, the special promises to be hilarious — like Winstead says, she has a boatload of material to work with.
Since 2007 Winstead has hosted “Don’t Shoot the Messenger,” a weekly live satire show. She released “Lizz Free or Die,” a collection of essays, in 2012.
When asked what “feminist comedy” looks like to her, Winstead responded, “I don’t know — I think to pigeonhole that is to say that there’s one voice of feminism. So I wouldn’t want to define feminist comedy as anything,” she explained. “If I could broad stroke it, I’d say it’s a woman standing up for her own truth, whatever that is. Even if she doesn’t necessarily identify as a feminist. I just think if a woman is taking the stage and talking about what’s important to her and her own personal power and asserting it by saying ‘I have an opinion, and it matters, and here it is.’”
