Drag His Ass: A Fuckboy Treatment ProgramThe 28-year-old comedian has a pretty clear-cut idea of what constitutes fuckboy behavior, but as demonstrated throughout her multi-comic showcase — which is selling out venues nationwide — 21st century playboys come in a variety of unfortunate shapes, sizes, and declined FaceTimes. The all-star lineup at her Chelsea Music Hall show failed to come up with a single definition.
"Almost a year ago, probably a year and a half ago, I decided that I didn't want to sleep with fuckboys anymore and I was really going to make an effort to change my ways," Barone says of her journey leading up to the creation ofLike an industrial safety notice board for her sex life, Barone began tracking her"days fuckboy free" and posting occasional updates to her social media.
also features a roster of rising comics who tell of their own romcom-reject relationships. The first ever show at Union Hall sold out, and the audience was mostly women."It felt like a really positive environment. It was cathartic, almost," Barone recalls.As the show's popularity grew, so did Barone's vision for its core concept as she transferred its homebase to Chelsea Music Hall.
A lot of live shows have Instagram accounts, but Barone's show was a natural fit for social media."There's so many just memes and tweets about dating," she says. She had no expectations of viral fame, butnow has over 20,000 Instagram followers, a loyal faction of which line up to sell out the shows that first spawned the account. The page is now integral to the live show, creating the sort of"phygital" content play of marketers' dreams: audience submissions.
The voice of a generation 🤩
marybethbarone She’s amazing.
cure fuckboys or die trying 😭
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