Why are there no funny female comedians?
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Tina Fey is a fantastic writer and actor. 30 rock is currently the funniest show currently on television, SNL aint bad, and the previous movies that she starred and wrote in (yes, I enjoyed Baby Mama and Mean Girls) were actually pretty funny.
As for standup, im drawing a blank on good female comedians.
As for standup, im drawing a blank on good female comedians.
RetiarySword said:
okay joan rivers is not funny at all, she has the most annoying voice imaginable, she just craps on about menopause and vaginas through her entire act.
I think Claire Hooper and Cal Wilson are funny.
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Yup.Mr0llivand3r said:
Not very many try to be comedians and the majority go down that route.
Either:
1. Being drunk is funny
2. Men leave the toilet seat up
3. I have a vagina
None of those things are funny.
Jo Brand is funny. Numerous comediennes have been funny on Mock the Week and stuff but I haven't seem them do stand-up.
Here we go: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Women_comedians
Here is an intellectual viewpoint: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7izJggqCoA
More guys will look like idiots than women will. And i don't know maybe a women's comedy stories wouldn't appeal to you as much
I seem to like male stand-up more because they make jokes that I can relate to. Where men complain about remote controls and the dodgy lightbulb in the conservatory, female comedians seem to complain about truely tasking issues. That makes it dull, if it's something serious, and made funny, most of the time it isn't funny, but in the male case, a broken remote or D.I.Y can be funny because it's not really an important issue. Not saying that all female performers are bad, but that is my generalisation.
very interesting observation.Alex_P said:
i find a similar thing with music, too: a large portion of musicians, especially in rock, hip-hop, and pop music in general, tend to be men, involving subject matter revolving around drugs, violence, rough sex and heartbreak. great examples are bands like blind melon, nine inch nails, pearl jam, oh who am i kidding the list is endless. the ones that stand the test of time all have very powerful, energetic music and stage presense, regardless of your personal opinion of their music. even more optimistic music, like incubus or sublime or led zeppelin, has a touch of sorrow even in their happiest songs.
when female musicians break into the mainstream, they can't seem to convey that same power, no matter how much they try; are britney spears and pink on the same wavelength as, say, pink floyd and nofx? (the only exceptions i can think of right now are heart {with the wilson sisters on vocals and lead guitar} and kittie {an all-girl death metal band from london, ontario}; there are a few more, but time hasn't been so kind to them, except maybe fleetwood mac--ooh, i forgot about them).
maybe it's because i'm a male musician who doesn't quite get the appeal of 99% of hip-hop music, but i feel like men want to make more of am impression with what they do, while women could care less if they make a dent as long as they can shake their ass to it.
but back to the actual topic:
the same kind of reasoning applies: george calin, bill hicks, lenny bruce, richard pryor, etc all aimed to make an impression on the world (even if they thought we were doomed); while most female comedians i see on tv (eg clips from the Just For Laughs festival in montreal, quebec) just ***** about boring things. do they just want to vent? i know a few coked-out sluts who do it all the time (and that's not meant in spite, they really are coked-out sluts with mad, mad issues).
there was one older female comedian, i don't remember her name, who was talking about getting a mammogram, and just the way she told it was hysterical ("great, dorsal fins!" XD); but the rest of her routine wasn't as interesting. most female comedians seem to suffer the same fate.
by the way, i know there are a lot of bad male comedians, too. the per-capita ratio i think would be about 3 good male comedians for every 1 female. dispute me for it, flame me for it, i don't care. it's a message board, discuss!!
Because men dominate nearly everything. Even though most of the hairdressers and fashion designers are women, the majority of the top tier are men.PatientGrasshopper said:
There's even separate gender divisions for things like billiards.
There are a few professions where the top performers are women like real estate sales, but some would say that because most of the clients are men.
I know this sounds sexist and all, but I don't think I could make this case diplomatically, so I didn't really try.
Maybe a women would have said it better...
