(04-24-2014 01:14 PM)All Dukes_All Day Wrote: Amy Schumer is pretty good as well.
Back to the main topic though; While there are a handful of legitimitely funny female comedians out there, I rarely find women funny in every day life.
She is hilarious-- and as someone else noted pretty fine.
Ironically, someone posted a skit from her show on my Facebook wall the other day.... funny stuff.
(This post was last modified: 04-24-2014 01:47 PM by CliftonAve.)
(04-24-2014 12:24 PM)WPDAWG08 Wrote: Whether or not Sarah Silverman is funny is subjective at best. Why do you think women can't reach the big stage in comedy in general? This has often left me wondering..
Why are women not funny?
What? Are you serious? Shirley you can't be serious. Really? You posted this? What are you, some sort of plant to make this place look stupid?
Lol liberals always lose their **** when confronted with real questions. I bet there are outliers as with anything. Answer me this whom is the female counterpart to Richard pryor? Or even Bill Maher his stand up can be pretty funny iirc
Back to the OP, where I think comedians of all sexes fail is when they become too partisan. It is one think to make fun of politicians (beacause let's be honest, they is just so much material out there) but I hate it when the comedian just harps on one side (seriously, Kathy Griffin/Chelsea Handler types the Sarah and Bristol Palin jokes are so 2009).
Women can be funny, but as others say, some try to either be too much like men or talk so much about female life that it's bordering on esoteric.
Never been a Lampanelli fan. I don't remember any Roseanne outside of her show. Fey is funny.
As far as comedians being to liberal, I'd say that it is hard for a conservative to be funny. The crux of the entire ideology is this unbreakable seriousness.
(04-24-2014 01:59 PM)nomad2u2001 Wrote: Women can be funny, but as others say, some try to either be too much like men or talk so much about female life that it's bordering on esoteric.
Never been a Lampanelli fan. I don't remember any Roseanne outside of her show. Fey is funny.
As far as comedians being to liberal, I'd say that it is hard for a conservative to be funny. The crux of the entire ideology is this unbreakable seriousness.
But what about Jeff Foxworthy, Larry the cable guy, Jeff Duhnam, dennis miller, and steven crowder? I do not care for them but plenty do
Roseanne was a standup comedian before she had her show. She was quite good actually . She pretty much was her snarky Roseanne character on stage and it came across very well. However, I think John Goodman was the lynchpin to the success of the tv show. If Goodman was not there to play Dan Connor the show would not have lasted as long as it did.
Also, in regards to Barr, I seiously believe she has mental health issues. Her life was turned upside down in the early 90s when her parents died, her sister/manager sued her, a nasty divorce with Tom Arnold and that poor decision to mock the national anthem at the baseball game.
(04-24-2014 01:00 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote: Comedians in general have become too liberal.
To you, everything is too liberal...including conservatives.
No, supporting gay marriage and making fun of Conservatives or anybody that leans halfway to the right is too liberal. He's right, most comedians are like that now.
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