The Problem With Female Stand-Up Comedy

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[@Kiwanuu]

i feel like every woman i know irl is funnier than most female comedians i’ve heard of

[@SeemsLogical]

Yes, that's how I feel. Women can be funny, but for some reason it doesn't translate to the standup comedy scene. It's very perplexing.

[@originaltroll7511]

I think women are great gossipers so they point you in the direction of a good joke or re-tell it....but it's rare for a female to make your stomach hurt off a original joke...Men do it all the time

[@elizabenny]

Damn this is a lot of sexism did y’all miss the opening segment of this video

[@Kiwanuu]

my comment was just about how weird it is that the female comedy industry has like no actually funny people when so many women are funny, but the replies are talking about women being “objectively unfunny” or some shit now??💀

[@zayaan6462]

@@Kiwanuu vincent kak on something icl 😭, he said its objectively true and then stated his own experiences with women

[@boots1622fan]

if chad chad had a netflix special, the world would be changed for the better tbh lol

[@lilynoir3939]

Gabi bell and Chad Chad fans unite!

[@Sadie-rai]

I'm really bad about rewatching things I just can't do it without it feeling off, but youtubers like Gabby and Chad Chad I can rewatch and laugh at and not feel weird about! The only full fledged comedian I can do that with is Randy Feltface 😔😔 All in all Netflix should find better rewatchable comedians (I'm exhausted so this comment might be all over the place I apologize)

[@steppin-razor]

@@Sadie-rai psychopath

[@sentientplant9658]

yes.

[@nickgavis0305]

Haha

[@kingo_clubs9097]

amy schumer: "hey guys, so um...sex?" **roaring applause** "...poop and pee and stuff?" **crowd goes wild**

[@kyx5631]

This reads like the ironic summaries of Big Bang Theory 10 - 15 years back

[@AbsurdlyGeeky]

20 years ago, she was legit funny.

[@alyssarichardson2544]

Sarah Silverman (possibly in blackface) opening a gig: "*awkward pause*... ... ... ... *..."My vagina."* "AND THE CROWD GOES WILD!

[@boringpolitician]

Oh, don't worry, she has a joker up her sleeve, "we're all wondering why it couldn't have been Steve-O". **crowd goes silent**

[@darkmatterburger]

Amy Schumer is one of those people where she’s terrible with her “own” material, but when written for/ edited, she’s great. I hate her, but she was hilarious in Unfrosted

[@b0sslibra]

This is exactly why Taylor Tomlinson is funny to me. She has a wide repertoire of jokes: yes there are some sex jokes, but also mental health, upbringing, struggle with her religion, growing up etc

[@chrismcpherson7582]

She's definitely going to be a super famous comedian in the next few years. Absolutely goated

[@cfkay3727]

Came here to say this. What an incredible comedian, and for sure my favorite

[@Q1x.exe.]

And Iliza:3

[@mane53017]

I love her

[@X3nophiliac]

jessica kirston is also really funny!

[@raulperez9258]

lilly singh: Im not just a bisexual woman of color also lilly singh: *only tells jokes about being a bisexual woman of color*

[@tvisha.mishra]

There's a shit-TON of people who are bisexual women of colo(u)r and they don't make that their entire personality, like ms. singh, it ain't that hard-

[@NobleAbsinthe]

@@tvisha.mishra But if she didn't tell those joke her fellow bisexual women of color would feel under-represented. You can't win.

[@omnimonium]

oh i didnt actually know she was bi! it makes sense though, that’s kinda dope

[@SamanthaLain]

@@tvisha.mishra fuck off there is no u in color how dare you

[@tvisha.mishra]

@@SamanthaLain that was for ppl reading that aren't from US brO lol

[@starman6468]

I know she’s not a comedian but an actress but whatever. Diane Morgan’s performance as Philomena Cunk is freaking genius and the reason the jokes on both shows hit so well.

[@alinaflags918]

Omg yessss. I love that show and have genuinely laughed out loud so many times watching that.

[@Vexxa_]

i remember her doing the character way back on charlie brooker's show and i was so pleased to see she had a whole show to herself now

[@DanBlabbers]

She is funny as fuck! They say women like funny men but it goes both ways, men love funny women too but women often are too afraid of embarrassment to attempt to be funny. It’s the same reason attractive men are terrible comedians. A beautiful woman who is confident and funny has the entire world in her hands.

[@BillPeschel]

She just popped up in my feed. I have to be in the mood for her (I'm easily embarrassed) but she's very clever.

[@motorcycleboy9000]

Best female representation in media since the 1989 #1 hit from Belgium, "Pump Up the Jam" by Technotronic.

[@rogrove6325]

I feel like a lingering stigma of having to be "one of the boys" stuck around in women's stand-up way longer than it should have.

[@bobson3014]

It's that and that they needed a reason to be included. If they aren't able to compete with the male comedians (due to talent or bias) they needed to be telling the jokes that men weren't telling. So they ended up just talking about periods and cum.

[@SaltNBattery]

In general, when a comedian picks one thing and only talks about that. It gets old very fast. When your whole act/identity is “my wife”, “I’m Asian”, “I’m Latino”, “I’m woman”, “sex funny haha”.

[@akumpi]

This is why I unironically prefer straight white male comedy.

[@sparkyblue7016]

@@akumpi They do the same thing.

[@bramvanharen689]

​@@akumpi they do the same exact thing but alr...

[@WendejoPuta]

I am Wendejo!

[@tyleralan1470]

Well that kinda is what a lot of stand-up is, telling people about your life and the funny or absurd situations they find themselves in, no doubt details are added to ramp things up and make it funnier but a lot of comedians as they get older fewer things start happening to them and around them so the jokes become more and more repetitive, and they get upset and angry because they are losing there career, there passion any human would be angry but most of them seem to lash out and try and say some controversial shit to stir the pot just my perspective

[@laurisaarinen1126]

Isn't delivery really THE most important thing in comedy? I mean it's so painfully obvious that Amy does not have it right, she's stumbling the whole time.

[@olegtz]

I think it's 50% delivery and 50% the joke

[@officialgagethepyro5391]

The key to comedy is ti Ming

[@StarchieHalo]

She sounds drunk

[@thegameowl11]

Amy just sounds like she’s on a hangover

[@dillonmacpherson3350]

Delivery, timing - how the jokes are structured - what syllable you put the emphasis on it's an art form. Amy Schumer is a joke stealing hack who doesn't even know how to tell a joke

[@yukikanegawa7470]

I don't understand why they chose Lily Singh to be a late night host. She's literally a children's entertainer. She makes jokes for kids and her subscribers subscribed while going through puberty. Her comedy is just about how parents suck and embarrassing yourself in front of your school crush. Did they like not look into her at all? I just don't understand. Like it makes sense why she'd accept. It's a win for her no matter what but for them?

[@joshdeveaux6936]

@Wynn Wynn then who’s supposed to make content only for kids?

[@green49285]

Kind of answered your own question lol

[@fingerstokeyboard]

Lily Sighn was doomed because of the schedule she was given for her show. I watched her vlogs and she looked so burnt out due to the crazy schedule. In spite of that she kept a smile and went through it bravely. She even admitted in a vlog when reflecting on season 1 the things that didn’t work. Season 2 felt like the right format and suited her better. It was really poor negotiation and over cautiousness that lead to the shows downfall.

[@lifeunderthestarstv]

Yeah this video just picks the worst. Sarah millican has been an icon of comedy in the UK for ages. Going to see her in a couple months. Ali Wong and Taylor tomlinson are brilliant. There are plenty out there.

[@ishathakor]

i'm pretty sure they were literally just going "we need more diversity and lilly is already famous" because she does not have the skills to be a late night host

[@nataxinhamn]

watching this in 2024 and the “Amy not a bad person” comment aged like milk ahahaha

[@kyleguajardo]

So did Lily Singh thanking Mindy Kaling

[@thomicrisler9855]

​@@kyleguajardoWait what happened with Mindy Kaling?

[@kyleguajardo]

@@thomicrisler9855 Short Answer: She's arrogant and entitled and spends a lot of time defending her bad behavior through virtue signalling by playing the victim of racism and sexism. She has also admitted openly to sexual assault and then using her position to force people into silence. For the long version, I'd recommend watching Cynical Reviews' video on her show Velma.

[@CMStrawbridge]

Ali Wong is literally basketballing with pregnancy for more than half of her stand-up specials, and she never once made me cringe at being a woman, or any Asian bits. She's also a surprisingly good actress.

[@Gman1998]

So Lilly gets upset the media keeps referring to her as a bisexual woman of color, but then she consistently talks about being a bisexual woman of color on her own show

[@iLikeCok]

💀 her logic is so backwards

[@JuicyDry]

@@iLikeCok getting upset at the media is about creating more publicity (story about her being annoyed is the second publicity peice after the original media story. buy one get one free), shes not really upset shes just creating media dialogue to make it into more of a story for free advertsing. loads of people do this

[@theamaeve8175]

To be fair, she probably doesn't write her jokes

[@JoeMamasBestie]

I think it's more of a, "I'm more than that," Type of thing. Not saying I agree w her just what the logic seemed to be there.

[@raymondbabarinde7039]

What's a bisexual woman?

[@johndurrell3499]

2:28 my dad had a severe stroke causing him paralysis down the left-hand side of his body. We'd go to comedy shows and he always sat at the front and instead of clapping he'd bang the table. Comedians would point that out and try joke back. He'd find it funny when stand ups started stumbling and drawing blanks when they heard about his stroke but he would love it more when Comedians didnt give him a free pass because of it and actually say something funny. Met a lot of cool Comedians this way. Some would thank my dad for having a sense of humour but he'd always say "no thank you for treating me like you do everyone else and seeing me as a person and not a wheelchair"

[@oxey_]

your dad sounds cool

[@quitestiger2818]

your dad sounds awesome ❤️

[@zaffytaffy9504]

W dad

[@Z3ROTW0]

what the person above me said

[@YagerMaelStrom]

What the person said above me

[@rosagiusti7076]

I do have to say this seems to be an AMERICAN woman comedian trend, I enjoy British lady comedians 👍🏼

[@X3nophiliac]

i love Catherine tate!

[@angiebams123]

Yes!!

[@strangeandinteresting]

Like Sarah Millican! She's great!

[@AirBahg]

@@X3nophiliac god her Nan character has me in stitches

[@AlexaOleksa]

I feel like those female comedians try to be "one of the guys" to be accepted in a male comedians jerk circle

[@An-yzammy]

I really enjoy Taylor Tomlinson because all of her bits aren’t just “the joke is I’m a female comedian”. She has plenty of jokes that appeal to shared experiences women have but it’s not used as a crutch

[@Deitven]

I also love her delivery of jokes. Especially those about mental problems. When I found out I was bipolar, her jokes about it just hit different

[@soggywafulz]

Iliza (schlisinger?) is also hilarious

[@Roald13th]

Was gonna comment about it, I love her! Adrienne Fish and Fortune Feimster has some clips I’ve seen too stuff too!

[@nightgarla]

omg yes i love her

[@austingoyne3039]

Fern Brady is my current favorite

[@JohnGenericName]

Your reason for Mulan feeling more genuine than Captain Marvel is spot on. Mulan wasn't powerful because she was just as "manly" or as much of a fighter as men. She was powerful because she specifically used her own skill set. She relied on cleverness and strategy rather than raw strength. Things like disarming Shan Yu with a fan, a symbol of femininity, and then using his own sword against him is great because she's not just out-strengthing him. Mulan climbing the column in training was possible because, despite not being as strong as the other soldiers, she was just as if not more capable using traits that aren't stereotypically masculine. Captain Marvel devolved into "I can punch holes in your ship" which, while really fun to watch, doesn't really have any nuance to it.

[@patramoore4443]

I haven't watched Mulan in months. I was thinking about the fan disarming this morning, just because it was so special to watch.

[@bulldozer8950]

Ya it’s fine to not have nuance in superhero action movies, sometimes you just want to watch someone throw cars and fly and smash people across a town. But if you’re going to try and make a nuanced movie in that genre, what you definitely can’t do is take Superman and cast a women instead. That’s not nuanced. That’s Superman but cast with a women and a slightly different story.

[@SamBuckyForever]

I feel like this is the problem though. We shove femininity into these little boxes. What rule says that women can’t be strong enough to punch holes in ships? where does it state that women can’t be bullheaded, stubborn, or aggressive, in ways that are traditionally seen as masculine?

[@cait3196]

@@SamBuckyForever a majority of "strong" female representation IS women being traditionally masculine. thats the problem. why do women have to be masculine to be seen as strong? why are traditionally feminine things not seen as strong? Pretty much every strong female character in mainstream media has some sort of societally masculine trait, whether physical or personality.

[@chikari123]

@@cait3196 y’all stay saying this when This feminine archetype is all the media is made up of. Where are these masculine women yall speak of? Lmao

[@fixeddice1982]

19:20 Montage. I believe "montage" is the word you were looking for.

[@CMStrawbridge]

I can't hear or see that word without my brain singing that time from Team America 🎶 Talking bout a montaaage🎶

[@HarrisonRocks]

🎶Thats called a montage, MONTAGE!🎶

[@fixeddice1982]

@@CMStrawbridge wow, that takes me back lol

[@ricardodsavant2965]

I flew in all the way from LA and boy are my arms tired.

[@rachaelfitzpatrick8574]

The thing I hate the most in comedy is a comedian that just SHOUTS the whole time, I can HEAR YOU. Whitney Cummings being a prime example.

[@georgiam228]

I second this ☝️ a good comedian should have other ways to emphasize what they want rather than screaming

[@iPeace460]

This is why I love Tig Notaro. She’s so deadpan and quiet and takes forever to get to a punchline but you’re there laughing all the way

[@al.ex.bey_]

Right, like there's a mic for a reason you don't need to shout at us

[@mebeb6399]

but i do like her alot

[@shayd4107]

I agree but I think some people can pull it off well and it suits them. Bill Burr comes to mind. One of my all time faves but everytime I watch him I gotta watch my volume or I’ll bust an eardrum lol

[@Relevus]

Honestly I think you touched on the main reason why female comedy is seen as so much weaker, variety. Not just in jokes or comedic style but even the amount of female comedians. There's a lot of male comedians, so many that bad ones can easily be overshadowed and forgotten. But the female sphere is smaller, bad comedians stand out more and the whole sphere is sadly dominated by Amy Schumer types that make headlines.

[@hamoiq908]

And the bad female comedians still get a platform as the big money sees it as woke activism instead of looking for the hilarious female comedians which there are many it’s just they aren’t as main stream and well known

[@bannedmann4469]

The females sphere promote their worst.

[@Nana-wi4gi]

@@hamoiq908 "the big money" really?

[@Jeremy-wp4yh]

@@Nana-wi4gi Netflix

[@AudioGAWD]

When I clicked this video, I was thinking that. I can definitely name some terrible specials by men but also so many that are better. One day the ratio will be better on the women's end.

[@jademsilver5390]

In France we have a french comic women name Florence Foresti. She's so funny, we like her and her humour a lot in my country. The most famous sketch she did was about the infamous pink barbie plane And it still is pure golden comedy :)

[@pittedbooger4880]

Probably one of the funniest French comics ever, she's fantastic.

[@Will_makes_memes]

The sad thing is since there are more male comedians when there’s a bad one we overlook it, but because there are much fewer female comedians when a really bad one like Amy Schumer gets famous, it gets a ton more recognition for how bad that comic is.

[@levi1929]

Someone phrased it perfectly for me saying that the studios just transferred toxic masculinity onto most female leads and called it "feminism", leaving all the interesting, vulnerable, and emotional parts for the men.

[@jjdelft3216]

Sooo... toxic femininity?

[@levi1929]

@@jjdelft3216 Kinda? I think toxic femininity is what Regina George does.

[@rebekahsquires2073]

Yep

[@isfpoisson]

That's exactly how I feel about Captain Marvel tbh. Like, "tough" and "determined" cannot be a character's ONLY personality traits! People prefer the male characters because they're often fully developed, as opposed to just being 'strong.'

[@skaylingop9673]

@@isfpoisson First, the character itself, is dumb. Similarly to Superman, the character just does too much and for that reason, it’s boring. - it’s like playing a video game with all the cheat codes on. It could also have something to do with the fact that the character is also played by someone with an incredible lack of personality that anyone would be interested in - essentially the character she plays (just without the powers - so even less interesting). The one shining spot that stands out is her arrogance and it’s not done in a fun/humorous way - most of her co-stars have shown they don’t even like her. That’s not a “we’re against women thing either. They do great with other women, just very evidently don’t enjoy working w her.

[@egnato1165]

For anyone looking for female comedians, Taylor Tomlinson might be one of my favorite comedians ever. She still needs to work on her improv, and thankfully compensates with really good crowdwork. But whenever she writes a long stand up... It's insane how many great jokes she can fit in a couple minutes. So that's my recomendation for today thank you for coming to my ted talk see ya

[@skylarsa]

One of the reasons I think Taylor's long stand up works so well is because she tells stories, and paints the picture and carries you through that situation, often in a relatable but new way

[@ProfDesmondSycamore]

Oh my god finally someone says it. I love Taylor Tomlinson. If you like her you will LOVE Ilisa Schlesinger!

[@tyler_TEA]

Saw her live her crowd work was great! Really deserves more attention

[@elk1975]

100%. I would also recommend Hannah Berner and Yvonne Orji (and Jessica Kirson, if you're into dark humor comedians who like to play rough).

[@tartarus1322]

Yeah she’s good

[@chrisperry4014]

25:43 I hate this joke. We know chai means tea. When you go to a cafe, they have a plethora of options, including multiple teas, so you specify “chai tea” rather than “green tea” or “black tea”. You don’t walk up to a cafe and say “can I have a cup of green/black/white, please?”.

[@user-bh2fz5sf5e]

I wow I always thought chai was like that cinnamony tasting tea. I didn't know it was just tea tea 😂

[@marziomasini0]

But chai tea does mean "tea tea", what people think about when they say chai tea is masala tea I think.

[@chrisperry4014]

@@marziomasini0 no, chai is specifically made with a CTC process, while normal/British/American teas are made with loose or ground leaves. The preparation is different and therefore distinct. You wouldn’t call butter chicken the same thing as tikka masala despite being similarly prepared.

[@Vexxa_]

@@chrisperry4014 ctc teas are extremely popular in america and britain, even if the dregs of the processing end up in the cheap teabags people spend too much on. assam is a black tea processed via ctc, but assam isn't *chai* as americans think of it. marziomasini is right - when people say "chai tea" they're not only saying "tea tea" when translated, they're thinking of masala chai because that's what 'chai' means to americans

[@KeanuReevolution]

It's literally a distinct name and you can say "chai" without confusing it for other teas? Imagine being this mad, whitey

[@markchristiansen5683]

25:25 rhyming "oregano" with "take control". Lyrical genius.

[@isabellaboo8513]

this is why i love comedians like Kurtis Conner, and youtubers like Chad chad, like they're genuinely funny without having to be vulgar or repeat old jokes over and over again

[@_bl4dee]

Yes yes

[@jeniferjoseph9200]

Kurtis is my favorite woman comedian

[@bendover7841]

I don't think they qualify as comedians strictly.

[@Keijspermeister]

@@bendover7841 not as Stand Up comedians for sure, but as comedians they might

[@beritheuck1067]

@@Keijspermeister Kurtis has his own stand up show… I think he does classify

[@nikolasscheeks]

I would love to hear exactly *how* being a bisexual woman of colour impacts Lilly’s perspective…instead of just hearing she’s a bisexual woman of colour over and over.

[@laurabowles]

this!!

[@celeste-xy2sc]

right??? you can tell so many stories with so many experiences!! easy ways to make comedy out of ridiculous things people have said/done to you etc

[@TheEmeraldWeirdo]

But how is anyone supposed to figure out that she's a bisexual woman of color if they don't mention it constantly? After all, audience members are drooling imbeciles with the mental capacity of a cockroach and an attention span of about 10.734629185 seconds!

[@natasha5553]

​@@kuunami "every identity I don't like is identity politics to me"

[@ImaplanetJupiteeeerr]

Would be really interesting and cool to maybe even see a follow up video about the good female comedians that you ended up watching and why they are actually really good etc! :)

[@nelroberts614]

Just discovered your channel and I love your videos… your personality and your editing is fantastic!

[@loreleimonn3220]

Taylor Tomlinson is a great example of an actually funny woman comedian. She makes lots of jokes abt being a woman, she makes vulgar jokes, she jokes abt growing up Catholic, but she has a delivery that really showcases her personality. It’s not a copy paste of other comedians, it’s not taking what male comedians do but girlbossing it. It’s just her Edit: just got to the part where you mention her

[@idhunepijl1404]

Delivery and timing and things like that are a HUGE factor. Im 100% sure there are women who can make pretty much the same jokes aa Amy but do it in a way thats hilarious.... not trying to hate on her or something its just: stand up comedy is definitely not for everyone.

[@loreleimonn3220]

@@idhunepijl1404 Yeah, like that first joke that made Gabi laugh is actually kinda good in terms of its content, but oh my god, Amy’s delivery is just horrible and devoid of personality

[@BRLambert4]

Yes! Taylor is just a great joke writer. Another great comic who also happens to be female is Rosebud Baker. I'm just starting to watch this so I'm not sure if anyone else gets mentioned lol

[@papaSwarls]

Taylor has amazing timing but also just has non vulgar relatabable comedy with mental health issues but just explains it in a great way.

[@mahogara]

@@idhunepijl1404 There are women who can make the same jokes funny. Just look at the original comedians whom Amy stole or inspired from. Her delivery and timing is the biggest problems but her attitude towards criticisms and crying 'oppression' and misogyny everytime people don't kiss her arse don't help either.

[@mind-of-neo]

Lilly Singh literally tokenized herself lmao. In her meetings with NBC she probably literally said "look how many boxes ill check off for yall"

[@RobinTheBot]

I like how people act like it's their fault... On one hand your career goes nowhere but you're respectable and funny to all 7 of your regulars. On the other, a million dollars but you have to use jokes approved by David the Bigot. Everyone pretends they're the first kind until they're $40,000 into a shopping spree and realize they just blew their retirement.

[@rijjhb9467]

@@RobinTheBot But this makes no sense, if her comedy was bigot she would have gotten canceled, not praised.

[@atbvip]

@@RobinTheBot she’s already made a ton of money with her KZbin, book, tours, etc. so I don’t think she was doing this bc she was blowing money and needed more.

[@moren321]

@@RobinTheBotshe had a pretty successful and huge KZbin channel before she got into comedy tho it wasn’t her and her 7 followers it was her and her massive following that she had for nearly a decade before she even turned to regular television.She was already earning her tonnes of revenue before she even rlly turned to comedy television.

[@chosentonessournotes]

@@atbvip …so what was it then?

[@dingodango1000]

Thank you for making videos on a huge range of topics

[@calichick097]

I think that something REALLY important to remember about comedy is that like being allowed to joke about anything other than whatever your token thing was like JUST became a thing. So judging comedy from even like a few years ago isn’t exactly fair.

[@rubydarlow9971]

I remember something Björk said, something along the lines of 'I want to be an artist, a writer, a singer, someone who is funny, and then lastly a woman' basically I'd like to live in a world where being a woman is low down on the list and to be recognised for other things before I'm recognised as being a woman and that's how I'd like women comedians to be too.

[@Oceanww]

She really seems pretty fucking cool as a person. She’s feminine but she writes about human experience, even my dad loves some of her albums. Even has a song called “human emotion”.

[@Oceanww]

And that’s not to say that every woman needs to be feminine, it’s just cool to see someone who doesn’t rely on femininity and also doesn’t reject femininity. Very relatable for many women.

[@hamoiq908]

@@Oceanww great points

[@VampX13]

THIS! 👆100%!!!

[@laurencamila9024]

That's why I don't like that much the "women in gaming" "women in stem" etc. Yes, I am an engineer. Yes I also happen to be a woman. Get over it. Like, on the one hand I am glad my actions help other women pursue what they want, but also I'm only doing it because I want to, not as any sort of message.

[@caidalee1994]

I always point to Kim Possible when people ask for examples of “girl power” that aren’t forced. She isn’t written as a man so she can be capable and powerful, she’s written as a girl who is capable. She’s pretty stereotypically feminine but has all sorts of hobbies and proficiencies. She loves shopping and sales and cheerleading and boys and has a plushie collection that she’s embarrassed of. She also loves crime-fighting and martial arts and gadgets and combat and problem-solving and extreme sports. She can be catty with Bonnie and girly with Monique and pal around with Ron. None of it is painted as “yuck, girls” or is NLOG-coded. There was another badass woman in Shego, also feminine without being one-note with long hair and nails and violence and anger and destruction and smarminess and allowing Draken to do all the planning because she’s bored with all that. The fact that Ron seemed so useless and unnecessary but was always invited along because he did end up being helpful while Kim was always capable was a really big change, but he was so goofy and weird and unapologetically himself that no one was upset with his character. Everyone I knew, regardless of gender, loved Kim Possible, because she wasn’t written to fill a quota. She was a super spy that happened to be a girl, and we all loved that.

[@BeefIngot]

Definitely some truth, and it's why I feel like there's this unnecessary knee-jerk reaction against people who criticize lazily written female characters, but then there is also an unnecessary knee-jerk against female leads because there have been so many poorly written ones, and it feels like we all need to converge and meet on the "let's make actually good female main characters" line I think we all actually support.

[@assassin8636]

​@@BeefIngotthey're haven't been right

[@nicholamarshall9927]

Also Buffy the vampire slayer!!!

[@CarlosPerez-jv2fz]

A girl being capable seems cool, even cooler if she's called kim POSSIBLE jdasjdjajsdjadajdjasd

[@seamusmaye1333]

Power puff girls should be another example

[@Spaced-Station]

Tig Notaro and Maria Bamford are very chill

[@Dr.Twat.Waffle]

❤ they are awesome! extremely underlooked, but two of the best comedians in general

[@jplayer073]

You need your own late night show and Netflix special, seriously. This was such a great video and you're so freaking funny.

[@its_hip]

my friend taught amy schumers son and had met her multiple times and said she was nice whenever they talked, she even tipped my friend a few hundred bucks for teaching her son, decent lady, bad comedian

[@cidevant002]

I mean, that is a much better praise that "fucking bigoted assholes, good comedian" that I could say about so many other people. I prefer comediants that aren't funny over comediants that openly get on stage to spread hate/misinformation about marginalized people.

[@catsandtaylorswift]

I don't think its very "nice" to say the phrase "drink like a homeless person"

[@egodewav7810]

@@catsandtaylorswift Definitely gonna need more context on this one before deciding. Is that in this vid? Edit: Ok, it is the video. I don't think it was meant in a bad way. She could have made a lil funnier though lol

[@reyrats]

My only thing is that one time she brought up Steveos friend who had recently died and joked that we all wished he had died instead.. she’s just a good bit insensitive

[@nerasomnia]

@@egodewav7810 She once joked about someone’s recently passed friend.

[@krumblemumble8628]

I have seen some breakdowns of Amy and some have said that her comedy is bad because it has not evolved. She started with raunchy and crude humor when she was on Last Comic Standing. And as she continued in the comedy scene, her comedy remained nearly the same. It's not easy to evolve as a comedian/entertainer but I think it becomes their staying power. Like, as they grow as a person their comedy changes.

[@everforward5561]

A few hacks like Jeff Foxworthy got a lot of money and attention based on running the same joke over and over again, but even they usually fizzle out. Longstanding comedy changes with the times. You eventually have to sit down and write some new material.

[@catlovingnerd21]

bo burnham is a great example of a comedian whose comedy has stayed funny and relatable for years without being the same joke over and over. Inside was so so good, especially because he was making fun of his older stuff. he changed up his jokes while keeping his sense of humor intact, which can be hard to do

[@watermelon..]

so you’re saying that amy schumer didn’t grow as a person? i mean… can’t argue with that

[@AdDelayed]

It's hard to evolve as a comedian when your humor is stolen from actually funny people.

[@yoshikagekira1719]

I think the biggest issue I see with her on every criticism she gets is that she copies verbatim from other comedians. Now I don't think there's anything wrong with a small "yoink and twist", you know occasionally taking a good joke and putting your own twist on it can be okay sometimes. The issue is when you line-for-line copy the entire joke from somebody else and just say it with worse delivery.

[@noahmeltor6417]

Holy sh*t I knew I heard your voice before! God I wish I wasn't so bad with names, I have been a fan of your music before randomly finding your commentary channel.

[@Sebastian-fy3hu]

Unpopular opinion depending on which generation your from: friends nor the office is funny.

[@Dr.Twat.Waffle]

Friends is trash, thanks! The Office, too!

[@carelsby]

I think the thing with Amy that gets me is like….. she is ALWAYS drunk or high, and it comes off as being kind of sad. She clearly has struggled with drinking and drugs, and when she joked about it it was always very Sad Cringe. I think the reason her delivery is so weird is bc it feels like listening to your intoxicated friend that never takes advice joke about their life that is spiraling out of control

[@CopperIrony]

THIS!

[@inthewhispers]

THIS though. perfectly sums up how i feel when i watch her! i never was able to pinpoint it and seeing it described in so many words - you hit the nail on the head 💯💯💯

[@sillyd0g]

i was gonna say she seems super wasted in that video and it's honestly sad to watch

[@rijjhb9467]

Being drunk is not good for the stage, but being high usually enhances a performance.

[@dudesayingthings]

I so agree. All of her stand up sounds like she is high. It was never funny. It doesn't fit her overall appearance and vibe. There are some girls who can pull that off, but amy Schumer isn't one of those women. You need to be cool to pull that off, and i think amy thinks she's cool. But she really isn't.

[@emerycorner]

I feel like when women joke about being women in a depricating way, it opens the door for men to dogpile and be like: "see! she's a woman and agrees with me!" Amongst other things

[@hinamatsuro1908]

But the facts are people don't find most women funny. Most women find other women funny but for the majority, people aren't laughing at most female jokes

[@emerycorner]

@@hinamatsuro1908 Yeah sure, but I wasn't talking about the comedic level

[@ileana2708]

@@hinamatsuro1908 what is leading you to make that generalization? Is there some type of statistic you’re referencing or are you just… being misogynistic

[@hinamatsuro1908]

@@ileana2708 Name me 1 female comedian that is funny, or a video. Is there a meme or popular funny joke on the internet created by a woman? Just from observation I've found most women aren't funny, except for some youtubers but they aren't even comedians Lmao. Yeah SOME women are funny and yeah obviously this narrarative will change in the future and maybe more women will be more funny than men and women will dominate comedy, but as of now most women just don't have comedy that is funny to most people and it's identified as just bad

[@ileana2708]

@@hinamatsuro1908 so what you’re saying is you’re making the generalization based off nothing? What you’re telling me is that you’re attempting to speak for “most people” without any basis to back up your claims?

[@quehagoconmividasos]

22:50 I feel like the sketches I did with my classmates during middle school are funnier than this

[@fritzthespookynightowl5546]

Love you Sweets! You are hilarious!😂❤😂

[@ionaf9]

The IT department joke on Lily Singh's show was killer. With a better delivery that would have taken the entire audience out.

[@ZachBobBob]

Yeah I laughed at that ngl

[@theknight3771]

@@ZachBobBob same

[@brunomillalaf8553]

The crowd laughed on the joke before she could even finish the punchline

[@dragonsaige]

Yeah they was funny af ngl 😭🤣

[@sintura]

yeah i hate that i giggled at it

[@ankleina]

is this how i realize that the itchiness i get inside my mouth from eating fruit and vegetables is a condition and not a silly little trait of mine

[@phoenixquo623]

Yea dawg I'm pretty sure that's not supposed to happen

[@erin_wongggggg]

Mine is only towards some fruit and my gums itch so when I tell people there's certain fruit I can't eat they don't believe me

[@gothbang]

me

[@noahjames1985]

...you thought an allergy to fruits and vegetables was a personality trait?

[@austinbutcher5999]

No fr I thought that’s just how kiwis work

[@jokerYG]

Two female comedians you definitely should check out are, Tacarra Williams, Daphnique Springs. 2 hilarious comedians that are pure funny.

[@WynneL]

My favorite nonwhiteman comedian is Josh Johnson. I fell in love when he talked about being a nerd catfishing the KKK on Craigslist as a kid and I never fell out, he's still HILARIOUS.

[@KayleeFarnes]

I love that you brought up Mulan, because I completely agree. The animated version never felt like they were trying to force feminism down our throats. It was just a movie telling a story. Whereas your other example, Captain Marvel, and even the live action Mulan, they aren't just telling a story, they're trying to prove something to us. It is hard to fully explain the difference though, but there absolutely is one.

[@MelissaBezerra]

i feel like the women in these big movies always end up beign mary sues (or close to it)

[@teallineart8805]

@@MelissaBezerra Well, obviously. It’s the easiest way to represent all women in the laziest way possible. Gives writers a break from actually having to do their job.

[@matthewroberts198]

Haven't seen the live action Mulan but I do agree about the animated Mulan. Because in the animated Mulan, she fought in the war so that her old father wouldn't. She just fought for her country and went back home.

[@EliteSniperTV]

You just did 💜🤘

[@Kai81194]

THIS

[@fabiolanunez7679]

The fact the Lily Singh said “ I was born in the hood” but who remembers how nice her parents house was when she would show it in her videos.

[@betisbaby]

I don't know the context but maybe as she has gained a lot of money, she had the change to buy a house for her parents to move out of the hood but idk

[@raptorjesus6120]

I really don't think that Canada has something akin to "the hood" like the US. In the US, the housing projects that are now referred to as "hood" were specifically designed to segregate the, mostly, black population from the, mostly, white, suburban population. I can't imagine that being applicable to Canada.

[@Sparklove1]

@@raptorjesus6120 Toronto does, I can't speak for the other places in Canada since I've only been to Toronto.

[@Twiggytea]

@@raptorjesus6120trust me bro, we have some hood areas

[@chrisreynoldsartwork]

She's trying to check all the woke boxes, like she worked her way from the bottom to get where she is. When in reality, they were looking for any brown woman and she just happened to be one...

[@jjdiaz309]

As a fan of comedy (I literally listen to comedy to go to sleep.) I’ve always enjoyed your content, and I thought you were really funny! Also the slaps ( coincidentally I’m also (Producer) that works for a record label full-time) Comedy music tends to have a lot of similarities, but the most important thing that we have to understand is both are completely subjective

[@bensurgenor5355]

This was a brilliant video, you have gained a new subscriber bro💪

[@ashthedragon3790]

My favorite female stand up comedian is definitely Taylor Tomlinson. She talks about being a women and sex but she talks about her life too and who she is as a person not her whole identity being around her being a woman.

[@emodio165]

She’s also one of my favorites! Searched the comment section to find someone mentioning her!

[@Chris_pie56]

She’s a perfect example!!

[@irmaktemel7171]

She is definitely one of my favourites if not the best. She makes me laugh my ass off whatever she jokes about. Her delivery is engaging, her timing, face expressions, voice imitations are all so well done. Most of the time I am already smirking before the punchline

[@ashi2576]

YES

[@user-ze7sj4qy6q]

yup same shes one of the relatively few female comedians ive seen from the algorithm thats really funny to me, shes one of my favorite comedians tho

[@draupadih3980]

Personally I love Taylor Tomlinson. Her delivery is always on point and her body language and expressions are killer

[@flooojmu]

Omg right?? She's greatly talented and definitely my favorite

[@SarahIlayda]

same!!!!!

[@akajaeee]

I feel like she's one of the only women in comedy that even misogynistic men tend to agree is really talented and funny. She's just good at what she does imo

[@personaladdress3539]

The way she described how guys feel love was the most relatable shit. Like when she says I want to lick her heart, goddamn that's what I felt.

[@RegularFlyGuy]

Shes a real stand up. You can hear, see and feel the experience behind her material. Lots of female stand up is just “clap humour”. They call out things that do need to be called out, but people go to comedy shows to laugh, not to think.

[@marcuswalters8093]

0:59 1:01 Wait. WHAT. Dude, I've been suffering with this since I was like 10 and had no idea this was a thing.

[@jrb_direct]

Did you ever make a follow up video on ur Captain Marvel feelings? I was literally clapping at my TV when editing gabi came on the screen lol

[@realderek]

You hit the nail on the head. The relentless focus of being a woman, a minority, and sex are the majority of clips I see from women. My favorite comedians are 50% comedians and 50% philosophers - they study the human condition and make funny but smart observations.

[@mariecarie1]

This, and people who use comedy to educate and shed light on other aspects of the human condition, like politics, disabilities, human rights, or social events or movements. Not in a click-bait way or riding off of what’s trending, but to actually comment and expose aspects of modern day that we otherwise don’t get a chance to really look at. If I don’t make sense, it’s because I’m sleep-deprived and I’m sorry 😂😢

[@MartijnPennings]

Have you seen Jacqueline Novak's Get on your knees? It's a 90 minute one-woman-show mostly deconstructing blowjobs, but it's very intelligent, fast-paced and funny. In my opinion it has it's flaws certainly, but definitely worth checking out.

[@kaybee328]

absolutely ❤​@@mariecarie1

[@JumpCutThis]

All while screeching inaudibly *STOP MAKING IT ALL ABOUT MY SEX LIFE/RACE/WOMANHOOD DAMMIT* Schumer’s not funny, full stop. She is the epitome of a nepo baby- she got several hands up because of who she’s related to. Singh is just a perpetual victim. She wants things because she thinks she’s worked for them and deserves them. Margaret is moderately funny- she’s not bad but she’s no one I’d go out of my way to watch if a new special drops. Whitney has one of the most unironically hilarious podcast moments- talking to Howie Mandel, she throws herself the biggest pity party and is ONLY a thing because Rogan loves her and insists on hyping her. God help us when she’s with Burt Kreischer. Gadsby is just so cringe. There’s not a thing about her that doesn’t give me secondhand embarrassment and cringe every single time she remotely tries to be funny. There’s very few women I find hilarious- my favorite is Kathleen Madigan. Absolutely hilarious and never not funny. But you better be hilarious if you expect me to listen/watch. Dave Chappelle, Ricky Gervais, Eddie Murphy, Kathleen Madigan, Louis CK, and Matteo Lane.

[@clueless_cutie]

@@mariecarie1It's the social equivalent of dark humor. Seeing the fallacies and everyday struggles of being a human, and then being able to laugh at it. Being able to acknowledge things while still making people laugh is an art. Emergencies responders have some of the best humor and it's a coping mechanism. I personally suspect that like other forms of art, comedians cope with life by laughing at it and helping others do the same

[@shatteredteeth]

i went to a local bar a while back tht hosted a night of stand up comedy, & there was this 20ish yr old girl who was soo funny, timing & delivery was great, she even made the jokes tie in together at the end, she was a natural ! she even did some quick-wit improv when the mic audio messed up, u can just tell shes so effortlessly funny irl. but i noticed her comedy wasn't vulgar, it was more like wholesome & relatable jokes abt random situations. it didn't revolve around being a woman or sex or race stuff. just good ol clean humor and i loved it.

[@macchupicchuu]

thats awsome

[@violetviolet888]

@blackspiderwebs: Her name?

[@zellalaing5439]

Sounds like stuff the whole audience could relate to, too - I'm not a fan of comedians who spend their whole time alienating parts of their audience.

[@Lockfly]

Nah impossible she probably stole jokes from a man

[@violetviolet888]

@@Lockfly Take that elsewhere. Women can think for themselves.

[@Rojin_04]

25:44 - I have never met someone who calls it "Chai tea" (because that's saying Tea tea) before, and everyone who did was schooled by the Spinderman: Across the spiderverse in an actually funny way lol

[@pairot01]

I've been getting a lot of shorts of Taylor Tomlinson and she is hilarious, a lot of relatable mental health humour, and her delivery is great. Also, I found YOU through an interesting video title, but I stayed because you made me laugh a lot with the memes, always on point.

[@Riuka6]

Lilly's humour and videos worked for me.. during my prepubescent teenage years.

[@isabellaanaya4169]

Same

[@Acorn905]

I'm in those teenage years right now and at first I thought she wasn't that bad but evrything after her first joke and the music video felt a "bit" much for me so i think I'll stay with my funny yt videos 👍🏼

[@GreenEnvy.]

Teenagers are not pre-pubescent. They are pubescent.

[@epislog178]

@@GreenEnvy. He probs means like 12/13

[@gregwright2059]

I will watch Lily Singh on mute only cuz I find her physically attractive. Stacked AF but simply her words are annoying & not funny...

[@OfficiallyMaidenless]

You know what I don't understand, Lilly Singh made a point that almost sounded like she was complaining about the media only representing her as a bisexual woman of colour, but then proceeded to make every single one of her one liner jokes about that while somehow also copying the format set out by David Letterman and other straight white male hosts. I can definitely see how this was a massive swing and a miss even though I'm not a bisexual woman of colour

[@racdude01]

Ya both the first clip that was showed and the announcement music video thing both are saying I’m not just a bi woman of colour and I’m gonna do things different than the white men and then proceeds to make every joke about being a bi woman of colour and do nothing else different than the white male hosts. In other words walked right into the point and still missed it

[@Klara_S.]

it seems like her writing team screwed her over with that (if you take her word for it) Anthony Padilla's video with her talks about it

[@MZBS639]

She did Not. Her complaints were absolutely correct. She still did jokes about it because its part of who she is but she was reduced to that. She had other comedy too. People refused to see that for reasons only you know since you refused to see.

[@MmeCShadow]

@@MZBS639 This is how she sold herself. If somebody watched this preview and didn't find it funny, they are under zero obligation to watch the show and hope it somehow becomes more to their taste.

[@werecatgirl8D]

...i always expected to pay for myself :D . Keep making great vidoes ty

[@korsunny]

Did not expect to be diagnosed within the first minute of this video but thank you for solving that mystery 😂

[@lefdee]

The Ghibli movie bit is a great point. One of my favorite moments in any movie ever is Chihiro sobbing. Not because she's a girl but because she's a child who just got a chance to decompress after her whole life got flipped upside down. She maintained for as long as she had to and got to eat and relax for just that moment and she absolutely breaks down. It's not because she's a girl. Anyone would have that reaction. It's genuinely an amazing and simple scene in a movie filled with madness. To that point, no one had to tell Nausicaa she was cool, she proved it. No one had to say Sofie was strong, she proved it. No one said Mononoke was badass, she proved it. A good character is just that, a good character.

[@lorettabes4553]

I always cry at that scene

[@SomaKitsune]

Umi Matsuzaki in From up on Poppy Hill is one of my all-time favourite film characters!

[@marslara]

@@SomaKitsune I love from up on poppy hill even though it's one of the less popular ghibli movies

[@rijjhb9467]

This comment made me think about the Resident Evil 3 Remake. Carlos keeps telling Jill how smart and how good she is to her face, almost like she was some kind of special needs child in need of validation. I felt embarassed for her. Of course it wasn't like that in the original.

[@LittleRedWhine]

I was listening to a podcast with Bo Burnham way back where he talks about how the stand up community is difficult for certain female comics and doesn’t reward certain types of comedy, it reduces the types of styles female comedians that get popular. There are some great American women comics whose style is more unusual but they are still sort of niche.

[@SMATF5]

I really like Maria Bamford, and I think she's the exception to the rule when it comes to her style of comedy.

[@cablehogue599]

What was the podcast called

[@krusher181]

Like Tig Notaro and Maria Bamford. Even Chelsea Peretti. The first two are utterly incredible stand ups

[@LittleRedWhine]

@@cablehogue599 It was in an interview from years ago, I think his interview with Pete Holmes? His "You Made It Weird" podcast.

[@LittleRedWhine]

@@SMATF5 I love her and I believe he specifically mentioned how much he loved her as well! An exception that proved the rule.

[@thisisadifferentamber]

I’m late to your channel. But love this. And totally agree.

[@OfficialJBAllen]

The first video of yours that I ever watched, I was your commentary on ancient aliens. I thought you were amazing and insightful then. This is the third video of yours that I have seen. All I can think to myself is - why does it seem to be that I can find no women where I live with this kind of perception, and perspective, humor, and rhetoric, and not just women, but men as well. They're far, and few between. It's not that hard to understand these concepts, and you pick them up as easily as anyone should. I absolutely love that about you. There are very few people I can listen to talk for prolonged periods of time. I can listen to you talk for hours. I'm glad I found you. Cheers!

[@BonnerDoesYouTube]

I once went to an open mic comedy night where anyone could attend. I made some jokes, got some good laughs, but there was one woman who stood out amongst everyone else. Her improv was on point and she killed it when it came to crowd work. I was like 14 at the time, and when I said it, I got fuckin' roasted for it. But it was all in good fun. She was a 40-year-old single mom with a 14 year old and 12 year old boys. I really hope she made it in some way 'cause she was fuckin' hilarious.

[@CEWIII9873]

instead of taking care of her children she was at a bar?

[@BonnerDoesYouTube]

@@CEWIII9873 They were with their dad.

[@CEWIII9873]

@@BonnerDoesKZbin I agree - the father should have custody if the mom frequents seedy bars!

[@jasper.maxwell]

​​@@CEWIII9873So people with children can't go out and have fun?? And nobody says the father has custody nor that she frequents bars.

[@elistari1050]

Be freal; if it was a dad doing stand up at a bar, you wouldn't bat an eye. Seriously, dude, get a life instead of obsessing over what women who just so happen to have children, do in their spare time. Because, by the way, mothers are still individuals with lives of their own outside of kids.

[@isitleeyourelookingfor6352]

Thinking about the over-reliance on vulgarity, I wonder if it has to do with women being told they can't do that. When guys make like 283294 sex/masturbation jokes a day, most of the time, people just laugh and find it funny, but a lot of the times, if a woman jokes about that kind of stuff, people get mad at her for being inappropriate or "gross." So while I don't find it funny, I wonder if they just feel so belittled that they feel like they have to overcompensate for how many times people have told them to shut up and not talk about those kinds of things. Not like, an excuse for not being a successful comedian, but a reason that could make sense to me. Edit: Lmao y'all I did not say "everyone always finds it more offensive when a woman makes raunchy jokes than a man with no exceptions," I said that generally, it tends to happen that way. I'm nonbinary, but I was raised as a girl, and this was the experience I had when I made those jokes myself vs. when my guy friends did.

[@idhunepijl1404]

I think thats part of it. It can feel liberating and be used to provoke (quite a big part of stand up) but overusing it takes away the value of it and just makes it boring. If you look at most popular male comedians they talk a lot about situations or just funny thoughts they have... if they were just talking about hairy balls or how much they fuck people would be bored pretty quick as well. (Unless they somehow make it hilarious in an original way everytime which I think is literally impossible)

[@uhlexseeuh]

Cope

[@themeparkexclusives8586]

Shit. I replied in the wrong place.

[@RemyBeast]

I think it's a valid question. In the past several years I would say the answer to this is no. Women aren't told to not do these things by "society". Women are more equal and have more opportunities than any point in history. I just don't think this is a valid argument anymore. If it were the early 2000s or 90s I would agree. And even if you look at female comedians back then, they just weren't this vulgar. I personally feel like when it comes to female comedians like Schumer they just have a chip on their shoulder and want to compete with men and prove they're better. This is the same woman that complained that Netflix was sexist for giving her 11 million and paying Chapelle and Rock more as if her name should be uttered in the same sentence as them.

[@tommytwo-times9053]

that’s not how comedy works. if somethings funny it’ll make you laugh, no matter who produced the funny moment

[@Fishtory]

Amazing analysis. Thanks

[@marcuswalters8093]

1:17 Jesus, I was thinking about this weird intro and by sheer coincidence, this video came back up.

[@goodluckgorsky3413]

The brown M&M joke failed cuz she effectively explained the joke with those next couple lines

[@sethkatenkamp6705]

I also think pausing between each name for the audience to applaud killed the momentum that might have made it work

[@sparkymularkey6970]

I'm thinking about how that joke was presented and then how a similar joke would have been presented by, I dunno, like, John Oliver or someone. Would have fucking crushed it.

[@freedfg6694]

It doesn't work because when your only joke is "brown women" the 100th joke about brown women isn't funny. The reason why a joke about black people works for Donald Glover or Eddie Murphy works is because they have OTHER things to talk about

[@MyHam-os4bq]

“I feel like that could’ve been funny. And it wasn’t, and I don’t know why” is like the perfect description of Lilly Singh’s entire existence. It’s one thing to not be funny, but it’s another thing to be unfunny when you really could’ve been if you were someone else. That makes it extra sad

[@lionelkentler]

it could’ve been funny cause tv shows have writers. the potential comes from them

[@ohgeezrick2019]

That’s because it’s more than about what you say. Timing, inflection, tone, mannerisms all play a role in making something funny. You can say something that SHOULD be funny all day long but if it is mistimed or in the wrong tone it becomes rude or insensitive or whatever, but not funny.

[@d2dar459]

​@ohgeezrick2019 That 💯 Plus, the absence of an actual punchline. It's like she never had punchlines, she just had... lines.

[@Dilvamp90]

I like this i subbed

[@JM-tj5qm]

The camera panning out the room joke was funny tbh.

[@sigasaurusrex]

ive complained about this recently about gay films and films about disabilities, where people in them dont just HAPPEN to be queer or have a disability, but that the whole film is CENTERED on that and it makes it too forced

[@J_Lynn]

Yeah this is the prevailing issue, and I think it's that way because the industry is still focused on trying to let people know they're being inclusive, so they end up forcing their minority cast way too hard. It's the same with movies about women who don't fit into conventional beauty standards, with Tammy being like the only movie about a plus sized woman that doesn't constantly mention it I can think of.

[@TheFartGod69]

It’s gotta be done right, when it’s just about identity then poorly written. I also feel like that if a a character is written and they do just happen to be, for example, gay then people still hate on it for being about identity because it’s a different experience. A gay person will have other experiences so it’s not never gonna come up. I feel a lot of it comes from bigotry but I’m the flip side so many attempts of inclusion are so poor because companies don’t care they’re just want that dollar dollar

[@iQuack]

This. But this isn’t just queer or disabilites, but also sex, race or so many other factors. Never force a character to be something, let them be what makes sense.

[@chiarifairy6862]

I do agree. I think it's definitely OK to have some films centered around common difficulties of being queer, disabled, or just generally marginalized, and being able to overcome. 1 to give hope to people like the main character, and 2 to share the difficulties that are faced with people that don't face them. That being said, I think it's equally, if not more important, to have diversity presented and not necessarily even mentioned. Idk why but the first example that came to mind is Nigel in The Devil Wears Prada. I can't remember if he is expressly said to be queer, but it's atleast implied. He is a major character, but really the only scene that loosely touches on his queerness is when he lectures Andy on the power fashion has and he shares his experiences growing up hiding fashion magazines.

[@chrissao_502]

As some with multiple disorders and a minor disability I always say "there's a difference between using your disorder and an excuse vs an explanation". I think the underlying theme cam be used here, there's a different between and disabled character and a character who happens to be disabled. One has the main focus on the disability while the other the disability is just a character triat. Same for LGBT+ and BIPOC representation at times.

[@orbitalpudding3420]

to me, good comedy gets the entire audience to relate to the comic’s situation, not just the people who have shared those experiences. i hate to say it but john mulaney does this really well. none of us have ever gotten a hand up the ass from a doctor in batman scrubs but boy do we sure feel like we’ve taken that journey with him when he tells the story

[@superfish60]

John Mulan is up there with Kevin hart Dave Chapelle and Gabriel Iglesias for me cause they do that very well too

[@OsKarMike1306]

Tom Segura is another that just has an inane talent for placing the audience in his shoes and experiencing whatever he's talking about.

[@SatanicGhostCat]

@@superfish60 *old* Dave Chappell*

[@SatanicGhostCat]

@@Snake369 he’s transphobic as hell nowadays though lmao

[@Snake369]

@@SatanicGhostCat tomato, tomahto. if that were really so awful, there'd be a legitimate basis for it. alas, it makes zero sense when you try to justify any of it. :(

[@whooah]

Your song sounds like that part in Plastic Love!

[@stacystudios9476]

I was bored one day while I was home sick with a fever. I put in a MASH dvd, and one episode was the characters in the mobile hospital and all the characters had gotten a fever with one surgeon and one nurse fit to operate. Naturally, I wonder how it would be if I was a surgeon in the episode. Oh my gosh, I had so much fun creating the stupidest fever jokes between me and Hawkeye that I forgot I was sick

[@Liggliluff]

(2:40) Biggest issue I have with Amy Schumer is that she always sounds like she's not confident, that she can't remember her jokes and tries to come up with them as she speaks. A lot of ums in there.

[@corneliastreet2491]

I feel like she’s always some degree of intoxicated too, which can’t help with memory retention or ease of delivery

[@ellaelliott4415]

i think she's trying to be relatable and casual and failing miserably

[@lalisa156]

She stoled the jokes from many different comedians, look up the "amy Schumer stiling jokes" And you will know also she ask for same pay check as high paid male comedians either wise it's male dominant country

[@olivia7546]

@@corneliastreet2491 fr she sounds so drunk

[@annaelisavettavonnedozza9607]

Oh God you’re right. Now I can’t unsee it or hear it 😂

[@machiel5888]

Kaitlin Olson is an example of a world class comedic actress who does gross out and sexual humor excellently. She elevates It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia so much as the show goes on, and her humor has me rolling constantly.

[@bigwendigo2253]

She is such a hilarious woman, I’m so glad she made it onto ASIP because the show wouldn’t be the same without her. The Mick is also pretty great.

[@The_Fat_Turtle]

She also has the best fake gagging sound in the business, no one can almost throw up on camera as good as she can.

[@franciscocastroloyola9267]

She's awesome in the podcast aswell! Amazing episodes!

[@OpalLovesNausicaa]

@@The_Fat_Turtle Love the episode where she has Charlie “walk in her shoes” for a day and has him do a stand up routine 😂

[@hblackburn5580]

But there's a difference between acting a script written for you, and being a stand-up comedian. I do love her though and will always love Sunny.

[@GThu1]

20:26 As a man, I like to see movies with woman in leading roles like the "Three billboards outside Ebbing Nissouri". The main character Mildred Hayes is one who I can even look up to. These Captan Marvell like crap are far cry from that. Just compare the ratings.

[@Dr.Twat.Waffle]

Fantastic movie, and honestly it's so good because it's entire cast is so great. The chemistry between them, and their acting + a great story. Frances McDormand is really great in just about everything she's been in

[@soniology]

Your brilliance just shines so bright.

[@ampersandcastle1091]

I think it’s unfair to blame Amy Schumer for ruining women’s comedy. I don’t like Amy Schumer, I don’t think she’s funny. But male comedians can be unfunny and just be ‘bad comedians’. Amy Schumer is unfunny and she’s ‘letting down women everywhere’. It’s unfair to place this burden on her just because she’s a woman. Instead we should look at and blame the system that made her the figurehead of female comedy

[@westonmcelhaney619]

Yes to this!!!

[@creativename7230]

There is jimmy kimmel...

[@zombierepublican]

Very true. Also, Amy Shummer used to be hilarious. Not every comedian has the longevity that all the GOATS have. It’s very rare infact.

[@spookyho5994]

THISS

[@ngotemna8875]

Steven Crowder identifies as a comedian. Let that sink in for a while

[@buryitdeep]

Amy Schumer doesn't just give women comedians a bad name, she gives comedians, women, humans a bad name.

[@otherspectre1879]

And also her fellow quadropedal animals.

[@vishrutisingh]

Unfunny + Terrible personality + Terrible human + Genocide Endorser

[@satoshinakadashi]

I think the most problematic aspect of Amy Schumer’s performances is that she perpetuates the stereotype that beached whales can’t be funny.

[@Domhnall1989]

She’s also just a bad person

[@PrivacyTermsCopyriii]

She’s only there because Jewish and Uncle Chuck.

[@milesbian]

why did you make us suffer through so much of that lilly singh rap 😭

[@AbrahamMartinez_MTY]

Umbreon and rubber soul vynil goes hard 🗣️ 🔥

[@all-american-hips]

one of my favorite female comedians is taylor tomlinson. she does jokes about being a woman, but she doesn't rely on it. she does a lot of jokes about her personal experiences aside from being a woman, too. and she's actually really funny

[@HashNub]

She's definitely a fave of mine as well. Her comedy's just very relatable in general, girl or guy. She talks about growing up in church and just growing up in general, going through those awkward years, which we've obviously all been through.

[@lelloz7444]

I guess is the only woman comedian,who is naturally funny,for everyone.......

[@supernoodles908]

I agree very funny, humble and great delivery

[@Chucanelli]

@@lelloz7444I like Taylor Tomlinson, but also Michelle Wolf fucking kills me

[@carlosa4852]

I like her too, but I just watched two of her specials, and prettymuch every joke is based on, or makes reference to her gender and expectations surrounding her gender. Imo, however, there's nothing wrong with basing ones comedy on ones own life experience and identity. It's all just art, some people will like the painting, some will complain about it, red dragon might EAT the painting, but the fact that it elicits a reaction from everyone is part of what makes it art.

[@d.6786]

What doesn’t help is Amys utter lack of charisma and enthusiasm when delivering her punch lines

[@kendallane6028]

I feel like she doesn’t guide the audience enough and her timing makes no sense

[@shineinstars]

nah fr 😭 plus she always sounds drunk which j makes it awkward

[@thorsmissingeye]

FEMALE COMEDIANS THAT ARE ACTUALLY FUNNY _from someone who only ever really watches british comedy shows_ -diane morgan -fern brady -jessica knappet -taylor tomlinson -sally philips -aisling bea -miranda hart -sue perkins -sarah millican -holly walsh -sara pascoe -lolly adefope -mel giedroyc -katy wix -rose matafeo -katherine parkinson -bridget christie -sophie duker -susan wokoma -lucy beaumont -sandi toksvig -joanne mcnally -helen bauer -maisie adam -suzi ruffell -jen brister -lou sanders -jayde adams -cariad lloyd

[@theunholysmirk]

Aisling Bea!!!!

[@LeighHenderson]

Speaking of Ghibli, I'd love to know your take on Blue Eye Samurai.

[@justasleebylilguylittlesle1496]

"do you see where i'm whitney cumming from?" made me laugh so much harder than all the jokes here so far. absolutely beautiful.

[@Jameloaf]

Ikr?

[@connor5669]

that joke sucked

[@donaldhysa4836]

Wat?

[@jackiecozzie4803]

I can't believe she said the name whitney Cummings so much without a single cum joke

[@FocusedFighter777]

@@connor5669 waaahhh, waaaaahhhhhhhHHHHH

[@Itstwistedroots]

So at 1:02 you made a joke about Oral Allergy Syndrome and I briefly caught a few words that changed my life. I knew why I kept getting these weird reactions from fruits. Now I just went deep into this learning. Thank you for your passing joke!

[@blrryanii_]

Dang thats cool

[@callerunknown]

Yeah same!! I always felt bad for not eating certain fruits and that I was overreacting, that the itchiness and nausea was my fault somehow, but it's really refreshing to hear that it's something real!

[@KreeZafi]

Same, I don't personally have a lot of allergies but my mom does, she's allergic to many fruits, and pollen, and furry animals. Looking into OAS I found a website that talks about "cross-reacting foods" which puts things into groups and I realized one of them has everything my mom is allergic to (except animals) - birch, apples, plums, pears, almonds, hazelnuts.... all in the same group! This is really interesting!

[@shaynalange7488]

There's also pfas. Where your body thinks you're actually eating certain pollen. If you have reactions to fruits along with veggies, soy, nuts etc You may have PFAS. it's awful.

[@marinothegreatsan]

​@@KreeZafiIf she really have problems with fruit,tell her to take d.i.z for 5,or 6 days

[@tpd1864blake]

13:18 OMG stop staring at me like that I was completely deadpan throughout this whole video except for any edit you made, at which point I just break down