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Okay, so I just read this article, about The Daily Shows lack of women, and how the show can be sexist sometimes.
It's true, The Daily Show needs more females on the show, and it's dissapointing to hear about their history with women, it really is. It's a big problem, and it's important to adress.
But that wasn't really what caught my attention in ( Read more... )
Meh. I think the man is human. I'm sure he's an asshole sometimes, but aren't we all. Besides, for all the correspondents that come and go, there are the ones that have been there for ages, and talk about it like it's the greatest gig on earth (looking at you, John Oliver) so I doubt he's a crazy violent lunatic boss. And it's very hard to pretend to be nice all the time - think of all the comedians/actor with asshole reputations - if it is an act he deserves an Oscar. (Which... looking at his film work... just no.)
Re: the sexism, I watch a hell of a lot of panel shows, so I notice it a lot: fewer women comedians (makes me sort of proud that Spicks & Specks and Good News Week, two of the bigger comedy panel shows in Australia, have permanent female team captains.) appear on TV. They even talked about it once in the QI episode about Boys and Girls, noting that to have an even amount of men and women was, sadly, rare on their show. And then Stephen Fry noted that research showed that the most vocal and appreciative comedy audience was women, and statistics show women laugh more at men than other women, and wondered if that had something to do with it. Which is a thought :P
/essay. Jeez, way to blah blah blah on, me. Sorry.
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This. And people always go on about what a great boss he is ...
Some article like this pops up every couple of years, and just repeats the same things, over and over. It's not really anything new.
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Totally. I mean, it's sad when one is a victory, but still.
I love Charlie Brooker because he's awesome
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I lol'd hard.
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It was a cheap shot, but someone had to.
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