She’s got serious opinions on topics like NSA information leaker Edward Snowden, the ongoing government shutdown, the state of national security and whether or not the name of the Washington football team ought to be changed. That’s not to say her opinions aren’t also funny, but she has clearly done her homework.
In anticipation of her comedy tour rolling through the Atlanta metro area, the 49-year-old happily married black lesbian mother of two spoke to the Atlanta Daily World’s Dion Rabouin about who she is and what fans can expect from Wanda Sykes onstage and off of it.
ADW: You’ve got a show in Atlanta coming up soon. Tell me about your memories and experiences in Atlanta?
Wanda Sykes: I’ve always had great shows in Atlanta. People really come out and support me. They are always fired up. I love the city. Last time I was there I got to go to the aquarium and … I don’t know if she’s in town or if she’s gonna be in town, but my friend Jane Fonda is an Atlanta girl. So yeah, lot of good memories, lot of good food. I call my little tummy, my little fat roll, Esther, and she’s always happy when I say we’re going to Atlanta.
ADW: A lot of people know you from your television work, but now you’re married, you’ve got kids, what is Wanda Sykes like today, onstage and offstage?
WS: Onstage, they can expect [to see] all those things – I’m a mother, I’m a wife, so all those problems that other parents and married people have, I have the same problems. I’ll talk about being a woman, being a black woman, being a gay black woman. It’s all authentic. It’s all coming from my real life. So they can expect all those things. But the main thing they can expect is to laugh because above all things, I’m a comic. That’s what I do, that’s what I love to do. I love to make people laugh. That’s my main focus and that’s what I’ll be bringing to Atlanta is a big bucket of chuckles.
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