r/SubredditDrama • u/[deleted] • Dec 06 '14

Bad humors in the comment section of a trailer to the documentary "Women aren't funny"

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u/two_bagels_please Dec 06 '14

It's not that there are proportionally fewer funny women. Rather, it's just easier for not funny men to become successful comedians.

Honestly, most mainstream stand-up comedians on TV and whatnot are awful.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '14

Lucille Ball, Betty White, Carol Burnett's show at night, Ellen D's been doing it for years.

Wanda Sykes, Amy P., Kristen Wiig for you and me, Rhea Perlman, as featured on Cheers.

Women have always been fun-ny

They keep jokes a-crackin', keep the people laughin'

Women have always been funny

You cannot deny it, please don't even try it

Gilda Radner rest in peace, Amy Schumer's here at least, Roseanne, oh man, show that bears her name.

Margaret Cho, Tina Fey, Silverman most everyday, sold out shows and Emmys are their game.

Women have always been fun-ny...

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u/Elaine_Benes_ Dec 07 '14

Chelsea Peretti is also awesome. For me her standup can be hit or miss, but she kills me on the Comedy Bang Bang podcast. And she is a writer for Parks and Rec, how would she not be funny

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u/Defenestratio Dec 07 '14

I can't believe you'd mention Roseanne and then forget Joan Rivers.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '14

I was wondering when this would show up here

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u/tawtaw Dec 14 '14

Found this thread going back through that sub. I have to say something that one of the downvoted in that thread said correctly. The number of Patrice O'Neal defeners in that thread is too damn high.

The guy was hilarious & apparently the one thing stopping Anthony from going full-blown white power. But ffs, reddit eats him up like it's My Dinner with Armin. It's obvious he never escaped his unfortunate past & he was pretty candidly sexist till the end. I mean you can't really listen to his last Maron interview or an episode of the Black Philip Show and say it was just a bit he used on stage. So yeah, quoting him as an authority on this is more than stupid.

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u/ZealousAdvocate Dec 07 '14

Did someone in there really use Whitney Cummings as Exhibit A for how funny women can be? I agree with their overall point, but holy crap they're not good at framing an argument.

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u/YAAAAAHHHHH Dec 07 '14

Naw, lesbians are usually pretty funny.

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