On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Pollak, Melissa F. <[email protected]> wrote: > > She perceived a hostile work environment and decided that kind of environment > wasn't for her. > > It's really not any more complicated than that. > > And, she's dead-on right about female writers on late night talk shows being > few and far between. I'm really surprised that so little has been said by TV > watchdogs about that subject. I first became aware of it about 15 years ago > -- when I joined a sitcom writers list. I doubt there are any more female > writers today working in late night than there were then.
As DonZ replied, it actually is quite complicated. And now I'll say something impolitic (big shock): There is a genuine scarcity of funny women in the world, and that is a shame. A funny woman is more precious to me than a pot of gold... and almost as hard to find. I can count on my fingers the number of funny women in contemporary American comedy. And, as DonZ already said, it is even more difficult to find a female comic with Letterman's style. Letterman does "frat' humor," and there just aren't a lot of female fraternities. And before I get attacked, I'm not saying men are funnier than women. A funny woman is as good or better than a funny guy. But there are more funny men than women. -- Kevin M. (RPCV) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
