Do you think women comedians in general can pull off slap stick humor and be funny at it?

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you know just physical type of humor, often times involving falls, or bumps to the head.. or like the three stooges whacking each other in the face or doing the two finger poke thing in the eyes

CrypticViper · Accepted Answer

There are a few that can do it, and do it well. It's like that with any comedian though, there's some whose delivery and sets that will have you unable to breath from laughing too much, others that only some like, and then the rest who think they're funny but aren't funny at all.

najekim · Accepted Answer

Overall, only the special ones can do slapstick. Lucille Ball, Carol Burnett, Mary Tyler Moore were good ones. Nowadays, IMHO, female comedians seems not to have the aptitude needed for real slapstick. If Vaudeville was still around and thriving, it would be a different story.

jennifer_bloom · Accepted Answer

I'm not sure what slapstick humour is but I think male comedians tend to be funnier cause to be funny you have to be spontaneous and creative and unusually and illogically direct and girls tend to be more predictable and passive socially since society raises woman that way.

PaynefulPleasures · Accepted Answer

Carol Burnett & Vicki Lawrence

Bellatris · Answer

That's exactly what I'm like with the plastic bags in the Leslie Nielsen clip. It takes me forever to get those damn things open.

Jazquee · Answer

I'm... fuck ya they can... Lucille Ball, Carole Brunett, Philis Diller, Amy Poehler, Tina Fey, Mellisa Mccarthy. And of course my favourite. Betty White...

MCheetah · Answer

No. Women in general aren't funny, because being funny requires both bravery and making an ass of yourself, two things women are conditioned to avoid at all costs. Lucille Ball and Joan Rivers are VERY rare exceptions of women.

Brainsbeforebeauty · Answer

Yes, if you funny you funny if you not you not, don't think gender plays into that as much as people's perception of what's funny...

BlacklightShade · Answer

I watched some Monty Python's Flying Circus a few months ago and I can say that not a lot of people could be as funny given the same material. There's a reason why some things last.

Kaneki05 · Answer

Honestly not a fan of that humor anyway. So couldn't judge to say. But would guess so. Since women are just as fun as men. So if men can do it they can too.

DizzyDesii · Answer

Yea just depends on the woman and if she's trying to hard. For example, Nikki Glasier and Wanda Sykes are funny. Tiffany Haddish and Amy Schumer are not

Anonymous · Answer

Many of the people you showed in the pictures can't do it and be funny. Entertainment for retards.

NamerOfStars · Answer

Sure- just look at stuff from golden age of Vaudeville. It's definitely harder for them, though; social mores being what they are.

exitseven · Answer

It is just so ingrained in me that you are not supposed to hit girls that all the stuff the Three Stooges did to each other would not be as funny if they were three stoogettes.

Waldoe · Answer

no one does slapstick anymore, because its NOT funny to anyone over 10 years old

Jesus_is_the_guey · Answer

To be fair hardly anyone pulls it off without being corny but women usually aren’t funny at all there are some exceptions but on average nope

The_Maphio · Answer

They can. Or better they could. Not the modern ones though. They are HORRIBLE at it.

snackthatsmilesback · Answer

Sure they can. But there just aren't as many women comedians as there are men so there aren't as many funny ones.

karaspara · Answer

Rarely lol I can only think of one called Miranda many funny female comedians just not so much in that style in my opinion

Phoenix98 · Answer

Very few I think. I haven't really seen to many that were legitimately funny to me.

Bazpurum · Answer

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DaveToo · Answer

They've been doing it for decades, starting with Mary Pickford, but even before her.

Steinkopf · Answer

Sounds sexist but I don't find women funny. Maybe this is because men enjoy rude/harsh language more.

shortster · Answer

is a good physical comedian.

Anonymous · Answer

Not to sound like a meme but no, women just aren’t funny. Seriously, name two female comedians who are genuinely funny. I’ll give you a free one, Whitney Cummings. Please, give me one more.

MasterOfReality · Answer

Most female comedians just aren’t  funny. Especially these days.

Anonymous · Answer

Men are funnier overall and in the area of slapstick they truly dominate. I have enjoyed a few female comedians though Ellen De Generes Whitney Cummins

jasco · Answer

I haven't seen to many female comedians but than again I never look so who knows

Anonymous · Answer

i think more women comedians should try this these days, and try to move away from making their comedy routines nothing but an hour of vagina jokes.

pokerbot · Answer

Slapstick might be the only form of humour where both genders are equally as effective.

Anonymous · Answer

Women are almost never funny naturally. Because they don't have to be biologically.

OddBeMe · Answer

More importantly, is slapstick even funny anymore?

genericname85 · Answer

i'd have to see one precendence case xD

Joshua0213 · Answer

Most can't. Especially the feminist comedians

Alpha4U · Answer

Women are not funny.

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