Women & Comedy

Hussah Alzamil “Why aren’t female comedians funny?”               I was scrolling through the internet one day, mindlessly jumping from one newspaper article to the next when I found an article that intrigued me on The Guardian’s website. The title “why aren’t female comedians funny?” reeled me in, and I decided I had to read it.             In the article Ayesha Hazerika, a comedian as well as a reporter, gives a full explanation as to why people believe female comedians are not “funny”. She stresses on the point that women are allowed to be funny, but in controlled numbers, and I have to say I agree. Nowadays, when someone says “female comedian” the word is associated with “feminine jokes” about periods, shopping, or just guy trouble. It’s sad to think that in a developed society, gender roles are still prominent. Women are expected to be pretty, while men are exp...

Hussah Alzamil Walk of Shame             Walk of Shame is a 2014 comedy film written and directed by Steven Brill starring Elizabeth Banks. It follows the story of a field reporter who goes clubbing with her friends, only to have a one night stand with a random guy, then proceeds to do the walk of shame in order to get to her work. And although the movie is classified as a comedy movie, the humor is lost on me.             I believe that it’s usually obvious when a man writes the script vs when a woman writes it, and in Walk of Shame (2004) , it was obvious. Although the target audience is men and women, it seemed like a movie only men would enjoy. In almost every scene, Meghan Miles (Elizabeth Banks) is wearing a tight yellow mini-dress, and in every scene people assume she’s “just another hooker” or a “crack-whore”. People made that assumption based on what she’s wea...