You know, I was going to write this whole thing about how women are funny and how it's a crime that they are just getting recognized as so, but the problem with that is I shouldn't have to do that. People don't need to be told that women are funny - they can see it. They've been funny just as long as men have; some might even argue they're funnier.
But the problem is when people don't see it. When people are still asking Amy and Tina and Mindy "what's it like to be a woman in comedy?" and are never thinking to ask "What do you enjoy more, acting or stand-up? Or something else entirely?" or "Do you have a particular comedic style, if you will? Any specific influences?" (both of which are actual questions asked to the comedian Brian Ferrell). It's gotten to the point where Poehler just laughs and Fey refuses to answer. It's an unnecessary question to ask. Women are funny. Men are funny. Sometimes they are not, and those people aren't comedians. There's no point in asking "what's it like to be a woman in comedy" because it's the same - or at least, should be the same - as being a man in comedy: you're a comedian, you're funny, you're making people laugh. I totally get Poehler's reaction to the dreaded question: it's ridiculous to think people are still so stuck in the twentieth century to even see all the different kinds of funny people in the world.
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