women in comedy

Female Comedians Agree: Men Just Aren’t Funny

Today, People gathered some of our leading funnywomen — Samantha Bee, Tracee Ellis Ross, Allison Janney, Kate McKinnon, and Niecy Nash — to weigh in on the age-old question: Can men be funny? I have my doubts, and so do they. As Samantha Bee put it: “It doesn’t feel possible to me. Their voices are so shrill. Like their voices are weird to my ears that when I hear a man say a joke, it feels grating.” Sorry, men!

Female Comedians Agree: Men Just Aren’t Funny