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Brittany Brave climbs the stairs at the parking lot ramp of a shopping center in Kendall. The comedian returned to her old neighborhood during the pandemic and has been working in clubs and on social media since. Now she\u2019s headlining her own show at the Arsht Center.<\/p>\n
MATIAS J. OCNER<\/p>\n
mocner@miamiherald.com<\/p>\n
Book the babysitter. Brittany Brave is back in town, and she\u2019s coming for you at the Miami Improv.<\/p>\n
After a few years slugging it out post-COVID in New York City, there\u2019s no place like home to rip on her fellow residents. Expect the unexpected on Aug. 20. Brave will no doubt be poking fun at the usual suspects \u2014 including ex-boyfriends, and basically the male species in general, as well as unfortunate folks in the front row.<\/p>\n
The West Kendall-raised funnywoman invariably manages a few digs at the, um, mixed bag of residents. A big part of her shtick is busting on how potential suitors never have \u201creal jobs\u201d in Miami. \u201cSales associate?\u201d Brave sniped recently. \u201cDrug dealer! He looks like he sells edibles to kindergartners!\u201d<\/p>\n
Some fresh, unexpected material will pop up, too. Life threw a few curveballs at Brave since last we spoke in November, when she was raising money for her documentary \u201cMuchacha,\u201d<\/a> which follows her wild and wacky stand-up career.<\/p>\n On New Year\u2019s Day, a dear friend \u2014 fellow comic and hospitality giant Danny Benavente (Dead Flamingo) \u2014 unexpectedly died at age 42 while in Greece.<\/p>\n Three months later, as Brave\u2019s father Tony faced progressing Parkinson\u2019s, her mother Karen was diagnosed with lung cancer. The couple, both 72, have been married 51 years.<\/p>\n \u201cThis was the worst year of my life, hands down,\u201d Brave told the Miami Herald. \u201cIt literally has to get better.\u201d<\/p>\n Until that happens, Brave will do what she always does: Find the funny.<\/p>\n \u201cOh, it\u2019s all going in my act,\u201d says the 35-year-old New Jersey native. \u201cI already told my parents: \u2018I\u2019m an only child, and you\u2019re putting me through it, so thanks for giving me stuff to talk about!\u2019 And if their respective diseases don\u2019t kill them, I will.\u201d<\/p>\n How can one make light of illness and death? Tragedy plus time won\u2019t work in this instance.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t think anyone who knows me is shocked when I tell a dark joke,\u201d said the Felix Varela High alum. \u201cWhen you\u2019re a comedian you\u2019re always processing everything, good and bad. There\u2019s no sensitivity at all.\u201d<\/p>\n Likely to come up in Brave\u2019s Thursday night show is her ironically pleasant experience at Baptist Hospital, where her mother is being treated near the family\u2019s home.<\/p>\n \u201cThe cancer team is amazing, and since I\u2019m not dating at all these days, I\u2019m attracted to every nurse, doctor and technician who comes into the room,\u201d Brave said. \u201cThis would be a new type of partner for me: Someone who has both a job and empathy.\u201d<\/p>\n And if you\u2019re familiar with Brave, you\u2019d know she can\u2019t not be an open book. It comes with the territory and job description.<\/p>\n \u201cI think you\u2019re a bad comedian if you don\u2019t tell the truth \u2014 that\u2019s our job,\u201d the University of Florida grad said. \u201cIt would be weird and fraudulent and crappy not to address the things happening in your life.\u201d<\/p>\n If you go<\/p>\n What: Brittany Brave<\/p>\n When: 8 p.m. Aug. 20<\/p>\n Where: Miami Improv, 3450 NW 83rd. Ave., No. 224, Doral.<\/p>\n Tickets: from $24.90 at www.miamimprov.com<\/a><\/p>\n More: There will be a happy hour pre show featuring Power 96\u2019s DJ Zog as well as other comedians.<\/p>\n
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