Letters to the Editor
spankathon
Published Letters: 68 Editor's Choice: 1
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[Read the article: Quote of the day: A.O. Scott ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Sarah Silverman contended that she was fired from SNL because of the 'Boy's Club,' and a spate of recent articles including quasi-household name Christopher Hitchins posit in all seriousness that 'Women Aren't Funny,'
Haven taken improv and comedy writing classes, I can attest that in some cases -- especially in beginning classes, where people are still full of themselves and don't understand the hard work involved in writing comedy, and before those who can't work in a team are weeded out -- there is a large subset of young males who will talk over or ignore the women present completely, only to steal their jokes and use them as their own in the next class.
It happens. We also have a comic 'market' that caters to the very lowest denominator -- giving 'stero-typically male' comedy an edge in the market place.
OTOH -- Sarah Silverman bitched about the 'Boys Club' keeping her skits off SNL, soon after Tina Fey became head writer on SNL.
It goes to show... Women really are funny, despite what Christopher Hitchins and legions of web trolls have to say.
Brightstar, *YOU* are hilarous. I really love your ironic humor. Weren't you at the last NOW meeting? Your evil plan to make men seem angry, irresponsible, and immature is working!!!
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More on this from a femme comedy GRRRRREAT!
[Read the article: Quote of the day: A.O. Scott ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"All the women comics I know work and are as successful, if not more successful, than our male counterparts," said Margaret Cho in a 2000 issue of Bust. "Yet we'll never get the respect from the boys, ever. None of us do -- not me, not Ellen, not Roseanne or anybody. Never, no matter how famous you are, it just doesn't register with them. They don't give it up to you; they don't validate you as being anything. . . . They don't want women to be their peers." (This point was amply illustrated by legendary schnook Jerry Lewis at 2000's Aspen U.S. Comedy Arts Festival: When asked by Martin Short what female comedians he admired, Lewis answered, "I don't like any female comedians. A woman doing comedy . . . sets me back a bit. I, as a viewer, have trouble with it. I think of her as a producing machine that brings babies in the world.")
Jer ma bwah... yous a laff riot...no wait, i guess you aren't really a laff riot anymore. Do the french still think you're great?
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Brightstar, Brightstar, Brightstar...
[Read the article: Quote of the day: A.O. Scott ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"women are neither creative or hard-working enough to compete in a 'gender neutral market place.'"
Is that the type of criticism I should be ignoring, along with the -- how did you say, 'dick' that made it?
Pick a stance, any stance. I vote for bent at the waist.
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In the News
[Read the article: The question of self-defense in domestic violence]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Drew Peterson, anyone?
Some women decide NOT to let their abuser kill them. Most of them spend the rest of their lives in jail for not allowing themselves to be murdered.
Drew Peterson's third wife did everything by the book. She called in domestic disturbance after domestic disturbance. In 18 call outs, the only person arrested was *her.* She had an order of protection but...surprise, surprise, it didn't do her any good.
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Nobody should submit to anyone...
[Read the article: Does Huckabee believe wives should "graciously submit" to their husbands?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Submit is a word too fraught with meaning and historical context.
Should men and women treat each other with respect and compromise on issues? Yes.
Should men have the last say on a particulary contentious issue, soley because they possess an 'outie' instead of an 'innie?'
HELLZ NO.
If my S/O were to say to me: "Please, can we just do it my way...it's really important to me...I'll owe you one." I would acquiese around 95% of the time. If he framed it as "I'm going to have have final say on this because I'm the man," I'd be packing my bags.
Gone (in the US, anyways) are the days of men -- as a group -- being able to control women's bodies, money, work, and behavior.
Get over it. And I direct this at both men and women who believe that women have a 'place' relative to men.
We all deserve to determine our own 'place.'
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Law and Order
[Read the article: The question of self-defense in domestic violence]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]One of the most popular shows on TV, Law and Order, shows female perpetrator after female perpetrator punished for her murderous, raping, molesting ways. Their representation of female crime in america is way off of statistics.
I don't know where you are seeing all these women on TV getting away with killing men... please let us know so we can write angry letters.
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RF
[Read the article: The question of self-defense in domestic violence]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]You say: add the fact that popular culture encourages women's violence against men. Women's violence against men is frequently depicted on TV and in movies, and it is almost invariably portrayed as at least acceptable and sometimes an affirmative good. One way or another, he deserved it. We receive a pretty constant stream of messages saying that it's OK for a woman to hit, shoot, or otherwise injure a man. Juries and judges absorb the lesson, just as the rest of us do.
Generally, RF, when one 'shoots' someone, it is with an intent or expectation of serious injury or death.
Again I say: One of the most watched TV series in America commonly (so common as to be completely innacurate, statistically speaking) portrays female perpetrators as shooting/killing, raping, and molesting men and boys. These women's actions are not portrayed as 'acceptable' or 'good.' They are portrayed as evil monsters who are invariably found out and punished for their crimes.
Now, with all these messages about the bloodthirstiness of women being 'constantly streamed' into homes via one of the most popular programs on the airwaves today, you must admit that Judges and juries absorb the (pretend)lesson that women are violent predators who use excuses of abuse to get away with reprehinsible, premeditated, money-motivated crimes.
Where's your outrage at this false portrayal of women in the media???
Tell you what... you give me the names of programs that glorify female against male violence, and I'll write them angry letters if you promise to do the same with the makers of Law and Order.
K thx bai