I was reading MSN news and saw an article about edgy and hilarious comediennes. Here are three of the most highly visible and hard working funny ladies in entertainment today:
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“President Bush gave a rousing speech to the United Nations General Assembly. Afterward, in a touching show of support, every foreign dignitary shook hands with the president and smiled warmly as he mispronounced their names” - Tina Fey
First off, what’s not to love about Tina Fey? Here are a few things that you and I probably didn’t know about Tina Fey: She has a nude portrait of Blaze Starr in her office. She’ll watch any TV show having to do with “transformations,” ranging from makeovers to home design improvements. In private conversations, she’s probably the most soft-spoken person you’ll ever meet. And an inordinate number of her fans are writers. It should come as no surprise that Fey has such a loyal following among literary types. She has written for just about every major comedy institution, from Second City to Saturday Night Live, and always at their creative pinnacles. She’s the first female head writer in SNL’s history. She based her first screenplay, Mean Girls, on a New York Times article and not—as with so many of her peers—on a comedy sketch.
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“You have to be able to laugh at yourself. That’s what I tell Asian people all the time.” – Sarah Silverman
Next on my list is Sarah Silverman. I’m not really a fan of Sarah Silverman. They are selling her as someone “with the face of an angel and a mouth of a longshoreman. ” (Source: MSN Entertainment)
When I watch her, I constantly vacillate between cringing and trying not to wet my pants. I am torn between liking her brand of comedy or not. When she make me laugh, however, she REALLY killed me.
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And then there’s Ellen Degeneres. I love, love Ellen. When she hosted the Academy Awards last year, she was quoted as saying: “But seriously, I think overall in the scheme of things winning an Emmy is not important. Let’s get our priorities straight. I think we all know what’s really important in life ? Winning an Oscar.” I wasn’t a loyal viewer of her sitcom several years back but I’ve read a lot about of her coming out story and the adverse reaction it created in her career. The viewing public surely was unforgiving. Her very public break-up wit Anne Heche was a long-time mainstay joke material on all late-night shows. Ellen then hit rock bottom. But she re-invented and made a success of herselft since then. A winner in my book .
There was a discussion whether these women are funny or do they cross the line?
Hmmm… I also have a question: Who is the person that sets this imaginary line? And what terrible things happen when they do cross this arbitrary line? It’s all about a healthy sense of humor. Don’t take everything so personally and learn to laugh more.
