Amy Schumer hits personal, political notes at Philips Arena

Audience Members Walk Out of Amy Schumer"s Tampa Performance After It Gets Political

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NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 16: Actress Amy Schumer performs onstage as Baby Buggy celebrates 15 years with "An Evening with Jerry Seinfeld and Amy Schumer" presented by Bank of America - Inside at Beacon Theatre on November 16, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Baby Buggy)

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The most memorable moment at tonights Amy Schumer concert at Philips Arena had nothing to do with her privates or theKardashians or the inevitable heckler.

About 45 minutes in, she abruptly ended her run of hilarious stories focused almost exclusively on her s*x parts, blacking out from drinking too much and various aspects of copulation that are far too explicit for me to mention in any detail. Instead, she brought up how triggered she felt hearing about several women alleging thatDonald Trumpsexually assaulted them. (She had told Howard Stern a few weeks ago about being raped herself by a former boyfriend.)

So she had the producers turn upthe lights up and asked women brave enough to stand up if they were victims of sexual assault. Several dozen did.

Amazingly, Schumer turned an arena with 8,500-plus people into a safe place for people to acknowledgean incredibly personal aspect of their lives.

A lot more people appeared to walk out over her political comments during her show the next night in Tampa, according to the Tampa Bay Times.

The comic has seen her star rise steadily over the past decade, fueledby her award-winning Comedy Central show Inside Amy Schumer, which tackles gender issues with a dollop of raunch and a playful sense of satire. Notably, sheis the first female stand-up comic to headline a solo show at Philips Arena.

Schumer isnt one to forget her roots. Sheopened the show name-checking her original comedichomein Atlanta: the Punchline Comedy Club and referenced owner Jamie Bendall. Later, in self-deprecating tone, she said, Ill be back at the Punchline next week!

Schumer confidentlyfilled the entire arena, aided bytwo screens enabling even the concertgoers in the rafters to see heroften goofy facial expressions and occasional physical humor. She wore an extra-tight orange dress and black top, noting that she skipped the Spanx due to a cyst. She swigged straight from a bottle of wine. Ive become rich and famous and humble, she cracked.

Early on, she noted, Im sweating like Katt Williams! (The often arrested Williams himself headlined shows at Philips Arena last year.)

She also expressed her full-throated support for Hillary Clinton, something she said she wouldnt have done if her opponent wasnt so crazy, she said. A Trump supporter began yelling at her. She quickly offered for him to come on stage to explain why. He didnt. She could have mocked him for his cowardice but chose to move on, except to note, Youre coming to my show. Should you be surprised?

The video screens before the show warned people not to usesmartphones for pictures orrecording or even sending texts to the babysitter while in the arena. Security guards watched attendeeslike hawks, shining lights on them or verbally chastising them if they saw even a glimmer of light from a phone. Do itthree times and they were booted. Amazingly, some folks couldnt stop using their phones and were escorted away.

About an hour in, Schumer did allow folks to take pictures for a few minutes for thosewho absolutely had to Instagram the moment could. Otherwise, she wanted people to live in the moment and enjoy the show. It appeared most attendees did save for astray Trump supporter or two.

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