that's not science
if miranda and jo brand were a pair of six 6 blonde 17 year old twins with a predilection for threesomes with fat internet geeks, you'd all think they were HILARIOUS.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 19 May 2014, 12:24, 1 reply, 11 years ago)

Sorry I got bored towards the end of that sentence.
Something about getting the kettle on?
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Mon 19 May 2014, 12:27, Reply)

miranda is a good example
oh look, she isn't funny, because she's a woman. but........ nearly all the scripts are WRITTEN BY MEN. 80% of the writers for that show are men.

www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/miranda/details/

it's nothing more than male stereotyping. oh it's a woman, i can't laugh at that.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 19 May 2014, 12:33, Reply)

well, that and the fact that the miranda show isn't actually that funny

( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 19 May 2014, 12:35, Reply)

the show actually that
( Peej, Mon 19 May 2014, 12:38, Reply)

this may or may not be true
i kind of agree with you. lots of people don't. but it's not because she's a woman, as her writing team clearly shows.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 19 May 2014, 12:40, Reply)

I'm not denying there are unfunny men.
I'm one of them.

But in general men are combative about comedy, and so up the stakes whenever someone else is funny, and this leads to an escalation of comedy. Women are more likely to laugh at the jokes, but are less combative, and so the level remains low.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Mon 19 May 2014, 12:47, Reply)

men just assume, it's a woman, she won't be funny
the dude on this page have just proven exactly that!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 19 May 2014, 12:57, Reply)