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It used to be considered the comedy world’s bastion of political incorrectness: the Just for Laughs fest’s Nasty Show series.

But times have clearly changed, and JFL’s most popular and enduring series is not nearly as nasty as it once was.

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Three decades back, the Nasty Show was pretty much an all-male affair, both in terms of the performers and the audience. But at opening night on Wednesday at the cavernous MTelus, females appeared to have out-numbered the males.

Whereas there had been a sprinkling of women performing in past years, this edition features two females among the five acts. Oh yeah, the nastiest of this whole bunch was a woman, Nikki Glaser, who was also among the most hilarious.

Not to detract from its significant chuckles content, but this Nasty Show, running until July 28, is not much different from most other grown-up comedy shows these days — with just a tad more emphasis on sex. Comics now seem clearly mindful of the new sociopolitical reality.