― nellskies (minna), Wednesday, 18 December 2002 15:30 (twenty-two years ago)
Why are there so few? Beats me. I'm in a similar male-dominated field (radio) which has similar characteristics: low pay, high humiliation, slim chance for big payoff, but it's also really fun which makes up for it all. But you could say the same for a profession like news anchor (aka presenter) which has no shortage of women, so that blows whatever tenuous theory I was trying to develop.
― teeny (teeny), Wednesday, 18 December 2002 15:38 (twenty-two years ago)
I'm also of the opinion that the current female portion of the SNL cast is among the funniest amalgamations of human comedic talent ever. Mya Rudolph, Amy Pohler, Rachel Dratch, Ana Gasteyer, Tina Fey, SWEET JEBUS thems is some funny ladies!
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 18 December 2002 16:07 (twenty-two years ago)
i think molly sugden who played mrs slocombe is great.
― erik, Wednesday, 18 December 2002 21:32 (twenty-two years ago)
― Sean (Sean), Thursday, 19 December 2002 00:12 (twenty-two years ago)
― teeny (teeny), Thursday, 19 December 2002 01:21 (twenty-two years ago)
― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 19 December 2002 01:39 (twenty-two years ago)
― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Thursday, 19 December 2002 01:50 (twenty-two years ago)
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 19 December 2002 02:30 (twenty-two years ago)
― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 19 December 2002 02:39 (twenty-two years ago)
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 19 December 2002 03:49 (twenty-two years ago)
― Colin Meeder (Mert), Thursday, 19 December 2002 10:53 (twenty-two years ago)
― Sean (Sean), Thursday, 19 December 2002 16:05 (twenty-two years ago)
Did she cuss you out? Oh man, that would be sweet. She's so hardcore.
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 19 December 2002 17:18 (twenty-two years ago)
on TV comedy writing & sexism
TV writing isn't like other businesses. It's a freewheeling, creative environment where you can say anything you want. Because it's only by freeing our Jungian shadow selves that we can come up with lines like "I just threw up in my mouth a little bit." Writers rooms let you do things that would be firing offenses in a non–Bill O'Reilly workplace. It's usually fun, but the fun has a downside. When someone does cross the line, you can never be sure because … what line? Being sexually harassed by a sitcom writer is like being sexually harassed by your gynecologist. It can be hard to tell if the guy's being a pervert or just doing his job.
Unless you worked with a guy I'll call Carlton. Then it was crystal clear. Carlton was a senior staff member who had never seen a line he didn't cross. Whether he was announcing, "Your tattoo's makin' me hot," or repeatedly unzipping the sweater I put on to cover said tattoo, or sexually harassing the woman who came in to give a sexual-harassment seminar, Carlton liked to make people uncomfortable. I don't know why he did this. Was he a clever provocateur or just a guy who ate Jell-O with his hands during run-throughs? Who knows?...
http://www.lennyletter.com/work/a1024/why-im-snitching-on-hollywood-sexism/
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 26 October 2017 17:30 (eight years ago)