Gina Yashere: `Tell you a joke? No - people pay for that´
(The Guardian Culture News)

The comedian on America, wanting to be invisible and working as a lift engineerBorn in London, Yashere, 44, worked as a lift engineer before becoming a standup in the mid-90s. She appeared on The Lenny Henry Show and Mock The Week, and went on to win best female comedian at the Black Comedy Awards four times. In 2007, she moved to the US, where solo specials such as Skinny B*tch made her a star. The British correspondent for news satire programme The Daily Show, she returns to London to perform at Underbelly festival, Southbank, 21-23 June.What is the trait you most deplore in others?I hate stinginess - arguing over pennies at a restaurant drives me nuts. Continue reading...