If you can treat life as one big joke. As a depressive maniac, maybe you can get through it.

He was also an appreciation junkie and lived for the audience applause. Brilliant and irreverent? Yes! But normal? Well.

I tend to believe he became more of his characters than the introverted, Barry Humphries.
Alan B.

It's ironic that people who aren't particularly funny if at all made Humphries request his funeral be held in Sydney not Melbourne. Given that at one time he said a journey to Melbourne was like preparing to re-enter the womb.

While a drag queen himself he said that biological males who had gender re-assignment surgery were 'mutilated'. If he were still alive no doubt he would be vilified. His wit was vulgar without using profanities like today's politically correct young comedians. Example from Bazza McKenzie 'what route are you taking to the continent?' 'I'm not taking any root I'm going with me Aunty Edna'.

Utterly unwarranted hype !