Regional accents often trigger assumptions about a person's class, financial standing, and education. Despite these stereotypes, actors can succeed regardless of their accents, as demonstrated by successful actresses like Jodie Comer. Impostor syndrome is common, with feelings of inadequacy occurring when jobs are not secured. Filming projects such as Funny Cow provided opportunities for camaraderie among friends and highlighted the experiences of female comics in the 70s. Cultural and political shifts, especially surrounding Brexit, influenced the themes explored during production.
When people hear a regional accent, they immediately make assumptions about your class, financial status and education. People generally think if you've got a strong regional accent, you can't do much else.
I've always been fascinated by female comics' journeys through working men's clubs in the 70s, and the sacrifices and compromises they had to make. The material they were using was horrific.
The politics of the 70s seemed to come crashing down as we were filming it, with Brexit. So we wanted to do a bit of an expose on British politics as well.
Of course I have impostor syndrome. When you don't get a job, you can't help but think: Why didn't I get that job? Why don't they think I'm good enough?
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