?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Onstage+couplings%3A+Making+beautiful+music+with+the+male%2F+female+comic+duo&rft.creator=Megarrity%2C+David&rft.creator=Boyle%2C+Bridget&rft.subject=Gender&rft.subject=Live+performance&rft.subject=Musical+Personae&rft.subject=Musical+comedy&rft.subject=male%2Ffemale+musical+comedy+duos&rft.description=This+paper+explores+the+contemporary+male%2F+female+live+musical+comedy+duo+via+an+exegesis+of+practice-led+research%2C+drawing+on+key+theories+in+comedy%2C+gender+and+performance+studies+to+better+understand+this+seemingly+rare+iteration+of+comic+performance.+The+live+performance+that+constitutes+this+research+project+is+the+comedy+duo+Warmwaters%3A+a+(straight%2C+cis-gendered+female%2Fmale)+pair+of+performance+personae+that+present+as+a+dysfunctional+folk+duo%2C+whose+songs+all+seem+to+be+about+sex+and+other+bodily+functions.+The+only+people+that+do+not+seem+to+understand+this+musical+double+entendre+are+the+Warmwaters.+The+study+examines+the+comic+functionality+of+three+critical+incidents+in+the+live+performance+of+Warmwaters%2C+evaluating+and+reframing+them+to+better+understand+the+exigencies+of+the+contemporary+male%2Ffemale+musical+comedy+duo.+We+propose+that+contemporary+shifts+in+the+way+gender+is+understood+pose+challenges+to+the+classic+comic+proposal+of+the+double+act%2C+making+the+heterosexual+male%2F+female+duo+a+surprisingly+scarce+and+difficult+pairing+in+live+comic+performance.&rft.date=2018-11-28&rft.type=Working+Paper&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F123297%2F1%2FMegarrity_Boyle_Onstage_Couplings_Humor_Submission.pdf&rft.rights=free_to_read&rft.relation=Megarrity%2C+David+%26+Boyle%2C+Bridget+(2018)+Onstage+couplings%3A+Making+beautiful+music+with+the+male%2F+female+comic+duo.+%5BWorking+Paper%5D+(Unpublished)&rft.id_number=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F123297%2F&rft.rights=David+Megarrity+%26+Bridget+Boyle&rft.rights=This+work+is+covered+by+copyright.+Unless+the+document+is+being+made+available+under+a+Creative+Commons+Licence%2C+you+must+assume+that+re-use+is+limited+to+personal+use+and+that+permission+from+the+copyright+owner+must+be+obtained+for+all+other+uses.+If+the+document+is+available+under+a+Creative+Commons+License+(or+other+specified+license)+then+refer+to+the+Licence+for+details+of+permitted+re-use.+It+is+a+condition+of+access+that+users+recognise+and+abide+by+the+legal+requirements+associated+with+these+rights.+If+you+believe+that+this+work+infringes+copyright+please+provide+details+by+email+to+qut.copyright%40qut.edu.au&rft.identifier=Creative+Industries+Faculty%3B+School+of+Creative+Practice%3B+Law+and+Justice+Research+Centre