Sarah Silverman Booed At London Show

US comedian Sarah Silverman was heckled on stage during her UK stand-up debut in London.

Fans, who had paid about £50 a ticket, slow hand clapped and shouted they wanted their money back after the star's short 40-minute set.

After the audience refused to leave, Silverman was forced to give a Q&A session as an encore after admitting she had no other material prepared.

The comedian has her own show on US cable TV network Comedy Central.

Unimpressed fans shouted "you're over-hyped Sarah" and "I've seen longer clips on YouTube", before the star told the audience to "go home" and the left the stage.

Reviewers from comedy websites and national newspapers were also left underwhelmed by Silverman's set at the Hammersmith Apollo, which "fizzled out" by the end.

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Hailed as the 'world's hottest, most controversial comedian', Silverman made her full-length UK debut at London's Hammersmith Apollo last night in front of an audience that included Hollywood star Keanu Reeves.

The 37-year-old comedian charged £35 for a performance of less than an hour, where she appeared anxious and uncomfortable.

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Read The Times review of 2 stars:

She knows the limitations of her arrogant-ignorant persona. But she's not used to having to explain herself. As she stalked the stage, appearing to resent her crowd for wanting more, it was the eggiest end to a comedy show I've ever seen. Edging back to the wings with a mock-grandiose bow, it was the usual petulance but without the usual inverted commas. She blew it.

Comments

[natureman]

It's cause she was f-ing Matt Damon.

[VladdyTrout]

She's not funny and way over-hyped with them hipsters. Tries too hard to be hip and outrageous.

[gluvox12]

By hipsters, I assume you mean people under 40? Maybe stick with Jeff Foxworthy, gramma.

[Furby]

Gluvox12, my only solace is knowing you too are headed straight for "old" and there isn't a darned thing you can do about it. Hope you can pull it off with considerably more grace than you are displaying in the flower of your youth. Then again, I too am glad not to have been held accountable for every idiotic thing I said in my youth. Love, gramma XO

[Lexica]

I guess someone out there thinks she's funny, but I find her as annoying as the teenage girl who has "issues" and will do anything, say anything, to get attention.

[wheights]

I've never got her 'brand' of humour!

[PersonaNonGrated]

Over-hyped, indeed. As Terry Bradshaw would say "knot funnie".

[mommadona]

Like I've said before-this woman is NOT funny.

Crude, rude, over the bounds of decency all packaged in a little Sarah Palin bod...

Nope. Not funny.

[gluvox12]

Your opinion means nothing. Oh wait, you're mommadona the famous comedy expert. Sorry.

[andvoodoo2]

Read the rest of the comments. 99% of them agree with mommadona. Looks like you're the one that doesn't get it, huh?

[gwhizz]

Y HALOO THAR SARAH!

[robXdion]

Agreed!

[ENK727]

Her brand of humor is raunchy and juvenile and would probably appeal more to teenage boys. I think for a woman her age (almost 40) it's time for her to come up with a new routine. It's just not working anymore Sarah.

[andvoodoo2]

I can't stand her. I don't think she's funny and I suspect that the vast majority of her fans are men between the ages of 20 and 45 who aren't the slightest bit interested between what comes out of her mouth but are only interested in what they would like to put in her mouth.

[robotfog]

I'm having trouble understanding your post. Can you make a picture using fonts so I can tell what you mean?

[protagonia]

Of all groups to not get the angle of "Playing the role of a shallow, selfish person". The UK is known for their love of the anti-hero in their TV and films.

Sarah is brilliant at showing the ugly side of beauty. The ugly side of greed and self-centeredness.

Evidently, not everyone can grasp the subtle message.

[alsm9]

So charging 50 pounds (I thing that's around $100 US) to perform for 40mins is "Playing the role of a shallow, selfish person"? Sounds like the line between reality and fantasy is gettng a bit blurred in Silverman's world.

I've always thought she was overrated. She has her moments but....

[protagonia]

It's not quantity, but quality.

Were she a man, everyone would be comparing her to Andy Kaufman.

[strangerinthenight]

What brilliance ? I still remember Silverman's jokes aim to disparage those Asians. She is very offensive.

Brilliance - The only thing real in that delusion is your attempt to make them real. Silverman jokes are lude and ignorant. - pure and simple.

[coryco]

Lude and ignorant? Is that a combination of of "lewd" and "rude"...? You might want to pause before using the ignorant word...

[protagonia]

You have certainly proven somebody's point, though not necessarily your own.

strangerinthenight? Are you less strange during the day?

[manndan]

What have the Brits ever done to us to deserve Sarah Silverman?

[andvoodoo2]

They gave us Borat. Silverfish is pay back.

[Jason404]

LOL

I was actually looking forward to her coming here, after seeing her on the MTV Awards a while back (I watched it because of what I'd heard of the disastrous Britney Spears appearance), but after seeing her on Jonathan Ross last Friday, I wasn't so enthusiastic.

[gwhizz]

ROFL. Good Point.