Women in Comedy Blog Post

Lorena Labour Aguasvivas

Professor: Santos

17 April 2015

Blog post

Women in comedy

During this week in class we focused on women in comedy, we talk about how people don’t considered women as funny because they just don’t see women in the comedy world because society has tell us that comedy is just for man, that they are the only ones that can make people laugh.  I realize that all my life I never saw a women comedian who made people laugh I will always see women on movies and TV shows that would said something that were funny. However, I never look up to them as the funny person from the movie. But that changed after I saw the documentary “ Why we laugh: Funny women” now I have a different perspective of comedian women. I never knew that women could be so funny, and people sometimes would not see this because they believe that is not a women job, is like if society is treating to fit women into a category where they think they belong. “My mom would still prefer if I was a dental hygienist or stewardess”-Kathy Griffin here you can see how even comedians parents would want their child to be something different from what they really love doing, which I think is wrong because we cannot be telling people what they should do, I believe that people have the decision to do what make them happy, instead of doing something doing that they don’t like doing. Another quote from the documentary said, “ Comedy is not a woman's field. If you look at comedy, it’s a very male, masculine profession.” - Joan Rivers but them, another quote said, “When I think of the women that have made the most impact, those are the women that weren't afraid.” - Judy Gold so this explains me how if you really want to successful and make an impact you have to do things that are out of your conference zone because those things is what really challenge the rest to stand up and make an impact in our society, to be successful you cannot be afraid. After watching this documentary I realize that there is nothing that women cannot do they are capable of doing anything, there will just be some obstacles that will have to be overcome. Women have proved that there is nothing that they cannot do. Anything is possible if you want it.