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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't always love them, but I do love what they both and Mindy Kaling have done in terms of showing people that women can be funny and smart and don't have to be fully vulgar...and creating vehicles for women's stories.  (Not that it wasn't always true, but like PPs said, the women were side characters before.)

I don't mind vulgarity and will laugh as much as the next person, but I have to question how misogynistic the industry is when the biggest female comics are women like Amy Schumer, Nikki Glaser, Ali Wong. It seems like you have to go there for pretty much every joke to hit it big as a funny woman, and they have somehow broken through that. I'm sure it wasn't easy. [/quote]

I’m not as familiar with the comedy of Ali Wong but I like Nikki and Amy and I like Amy and Tina too. Totally understand that not everybody’s into Amy and Nikki’s humor, but I don’t think they’re doing vulgarity just to be vulgar. I think male comics have used vulgarity for years and we’re just not nearly used to seeing that with female comics. I have honestly really appreciated Nikki and Amy talking in a funny way about sex and the female body and what women go through. I’ll add silver Sara Silverman too, and in addition, I’m not sure about Nikki, but Amy and Sarah have been upfront about traumatic sexual experiences they’ve had in a serious way, so along with the humor they have been an important part of the dialogue at least for me. I think having that balance can help women cut through some of the internalized shame some of us with these topics. Again, just sharing my experience. [/quote]

I find them all really funny! I’m not offended by them. But who are the non-vulgar female comics, whose act isn’t primarily about sex? Maybe Wanda Sykes and Leann Morgan? (I put Amy and Tina in that category too.)

I’m not judging their acts, just saying, it seems harder to succeed as a female comic without fully going there, so I give Amy and Tina credit for that. It’s a well known thing that many men don’t think women are funny, and so this seems the way for female comics to get the green light. Tina and Amy do a mix of things, not always sex focused. [/quote]

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