Blogs. What are they, and what do they do? Nobody knows. Well, everybody knows, but just for the sake of my pontification, no one knows. I can't keep up a blog if I don't know what it is; thus, I can't effectively keep up this blog.
However, I will make a valiant attempt.
School is back in full gear, and I'm attempting to live my life as a typical community college student. That's right, I'm trying my damnedest to ignore my workload, disappoint my mother, and fall into the deep, inescapable pit of teen alcoholism, and by that, I mean, I'm doing what I normally do.
I turn 21 in 5 days. So, I die in 5 days. Now that Jesus has deemed it OK for me to drink, I'd like to meet the guy. (Haha We all know that if God exists, that is NOT where I'm going.) So, I haven't figured my plans out; does anyone want to go to Medieval Times, see some knights slice each other to bits? (I'm not sure if that sounds interesting, but if anyone wants to watch dudes swordf*ck, let me know)
My name's Tim, and I'm bad at blogging.
Favorite Shit of the Whatever: Bane in Dark Knight Rises
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Thursday, January 6, 2011
...Misogyny is defined as the hatred of women.
Women stand up comedians are not funny, by which I mean to say, I don't find women stand up comedians funny, by which I mean to say that MOST, female stand up comedians aren't funny.
Follow me on this journey, I'm about to take you places.
It's not that women aren't funny, it's far from that, Tina Fey, Molly Shannon, and Maya Rudolph are just a few of the names that ring when I talk about funny women. This isn't a matter of the abilities of one sex versus the other, this is more of a gender tendencies issue. Women comedians aren't funny, not because of their sex, but because of the jokes that it is deemed acceptable for their sex to tell.
Think of the great stand up comedians. Most of them (if not all of them) are men. Most of them are also almost always self-depricating.Sure they may fit in some offensive racial dig, or some off collar comment about politics, but almost always these "humor gods", if you will, tell jokes about their lives and (more importantly) their flaws.
Comedy is for the release of tension, and as a comedian, one's prime directive is to lighten the mood through the usage of an inately human experience, usually, the admittance of flaws.
Now the female comedy experience is almost always the opposite. It is deemed more acceptable for a woman to talk about the negativity of others i.e. the incompetence of one's mate, usually a male; or of the acceptance of a negative social view, such as the outlandish behavior of a slut (tart, skank, trollop, what have you).
Sadly, stuff like this is a product of the social environment. Woman are constantly berated, people are always telling women their not good enough, not attractive enough, not skinny enough, etc; of course, one would think it'd be beneficial to turn the tables and to mock men for their shortcomings. Too bad alot of audiences are men, who don't really consider themselves part of a pedestrian majority of "women belittlers."
Now, it would seem like I'm a sexist. I'm not (mostly). There are alot of bad comedians out there. I'm one of them, and the reason a lot of bad female comedians get a lot of publicity, is the same reason Gallagher and Carrot Top have recurring shows in Vegas and Reno, 5 years running: lack of alternatives. There are few stand ups who aren't hacks, and even fewer female of the species. It's the shitty luck of the draw that this "Comedy Glass Ceiling" affects ladies behind the mic everywhere. (God, that was a shitty fucking sentence)
Favorite Shit of the Whatever: Maria Bamford and Morgan Murphy, good female stand ups
Addendum: I just had a conversation with Joe Welkie, which led me to this point. A lot of funny female actresses wouldn't be good at stand up, because they'd have to sink or swim on their own, and stand up comes with a lot of rejection. Men are taught to seek approval, we need it, to be validated by peers, by enemies, and especially by women. Women can brush this off, "guy didn't laugh at that joke, he's obviously got a thing against women" or they can up and "Well, I tried, no need to try that again." Bombing takes something out of you, but guys are taught that failure isn't an option, and may have the gumption to keep trying (not that women don't, but you see where I'm going) SO here's my last hoorah, DON'T LAUGH AT A FEMALE COMEDIAN JUST BECAUSE SHE'S HOT! Laugh at her because she's funny.
Follow me on this journey, I'm about to take you places.
It's not that women aren't funny, it's far from that, Tina Fey, Molly Shannon, and Maya Rudolph are just a few of the names that ring when I talk about funny women. This isn't a matter of the abilities of one sex versus the other, this is more of a gender tendencies issue. Women comedians aren't funny, not because of their sex, but because of the jokes that it is deemed acceptable for their sex to tell.
Think of the great stand up comedians. Most of them (if not all of them) are men. Most of them are also almost always self-depricating.Sure they may fit in some offensive racial dig, or some off collar comment about politics, but almost always these "humor gods", if you will, tell jokes about their lives and (more importantly) their flaws.
Comedy is for the release of tension, and as a comedian, one's prime directive is to lighten the mood through the usage of an inately human experience, usually, the admittance of flaws.
Now the female comedy experience is almost always the opposite. It is deemed more acceptable for a woman to talk about the negativity of others i.e. the incompetence of one's mate, usually a male; or of the acceptance of a negative social view, such as the outlandish behavior of a slut (tart, skank, trollop, what have you).
Sadly, stuff like this is a product of the social environment. Woman are constantly berated, people are always telling women their not good enough, not attractive enough, not skinny enough, etc; of course, one would think it'd be beneficial to turn the tables and to mock men for their shortcomings. Too bad alot of audiences are men, who don't really consider themselves part of a pedestrian majority of "women belittlers."
Now, it would seem like I'm a sexist. I'm not (mostly). There are alot of bad comedians out there. I'm one of them, and the reason a lot of bad female comedians get a lot of publicity, is the same reason Gallagher and Carrot Top have recurring shows in Vegas and Reno, 5 years running: lack of alternatives. There are few stand ups who aren't hacks, and even fewer female of the species. It's the shitty luck of the draw that this "Comedy Glass Ceiling" affects ladies behind the mic everywhere. (God, that was a shitty fucking sentence)
Favorite Shit of the Whatever: Maria Bamford and Morgan Murphy, good female stand ups
Addendum: I just had a conversation with Joe Welkie, which led me to this point. A lot of funny female actresses wouldn't be good at stand up, because they'd have to sink or swim on their own, and stand up comes with a lot of rejection. Men are taught to seek approval, we need it, to be validated by peers, by enemies, and especially by women. Women can brush this off, "guy didn't laugh at that joke, he's obviously got a thing against women" or they can up and "Well, I tried, no need to try that again." Bombing takes something out of you, but guys are taught that failure isn't an option, and may have the gumption to keep trying (not that women don't, but you see where I'm going) SO here's my last hoorah, DON'T LAUGH AT A FEMALE COMEDIAN JUST BECAUSE SHE'S HOT! Laugh at her because she's funny.
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