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"Enough is enough: from TV's 'crime porn' to endemic violence, the assault on women has to stop", New Statesman (4 July 2014, updated 5 October 2023)
• From a version of a talk delivered at the HowTheLightGetsIn Festival.
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My first TV job asked me shave my legs and I refused. The cameras all zoomed in on my leg hairs and the 40-strong male crew treated me to a rendition of "Gillette, the best a man can get". I unfortunately bumped into Jim Davidson in the corridor and he shouted "Not only has she got hairy legs, she's wearing men's shoes!” as he pointed at my Doc Martens.

— Doon Mackichan

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "My first TV job asked me shave my legs and I refused. The cameras all zoomed in on my leg hairs and the 40-strong male crew treated me to a rendition of "Gillette, the best a man can get". I unfortunately bumped into Jim Davidson in the corridor and he shouted "Not only has she got hairy legs, she's wearing men's shoes!” as he pointed at my Doc Martens." in the context of ""Enough is enough: from TV's 'crime porn' to endemic violence, the assault on women has to stop", New Statesman (4 July 2014, updated 5 October 2023)
• From a version of a talk delivered at the HowTheLightGetsIn Festival." to mean that wisdom is timeless.

Source: Wikiquote: "Doon Mackichan" (Quotes) The 'What it means' explanation text was generated by Google Gemini Flash (accessed January 19, 2026). https://gemini.google.com/app

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About Doon Mackichan

Sarah Doon Mackichan (/məˈkiːxən, -ˈiːkən/; born 7 August 1962) is a British actress, comedian and writer. She co-created, wrote and performed in the double-Emmy-award-winning Smack the Pony. She has frequently collaborated with Armando Iannucci and Steve Coogan, having played multiple characters in The Day Today, Brass Eye and Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge, and has also appeared in Toast of London and Two Doors Down. Mackichan was nominated for Best Female Comedy Performance at the 2014 British Academy Television Awards for her performance in Plebs and won critical praise for her performance alongside John Malkovich in Bitter Wheat in 2019.