People magazine gathered some of US leading funnywomen — Samantha Bee, Tracee Ellis Ross, Allison Janney, Kate McKinnon, and Niecy Nash — to weigh in on the age-old question: Can men be funny? As Samantha Bee put it: “It doesn’t feel possible to me. Their voices are so shrill. Like their voices are weird to my ears that when I hear a man say a joke, it feels grating.” [1] As black-ish star Tracee Ellis Ross says, “When I think of stories about men, I think … kitchen.” So men can’t be funny? According to Allison Janney, the star of CBS’ Mom: “Personally, I haven’t seen it.” [2] So, it would seem that they put their finger on the ugly truth behind Hollywood’s institutional sexism: Men just aren’t funny. [2]
Female SJW Comedians Agree: Men Just Aren’t Funny
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[1] Anna Silman, Female Comedians Agree: Men Just Aren’t Funny, New York Post, August 10, 2016 4:34 p.m.
[2] Mary Green and Patrick Gomez, Kate McKinnon, Tracee Ellis Ross, Samantha Bee and More Sound Off on Why Men Aren’t Funny, People, 08/10/2016 AT 10:00 AM EDT