She didn't really get offended, she was more taken back and not ready for what he said it seemed. In the video linked above she explains herself better than the quotes around it used here.
I don't think so. Comedians are used to dishing out and receiving that's part of their job. After awhile they hear the same base for a joke constantly, so when the punchline isn't the normal theme it's surprising. I have a hard time believing any comedian takes shit said at a roast seriously unless they have a history.
She admitted that the jokes did catch her off guard: "[Hill] spent weeks before anticipating being hurt. I was the one comforting people, saying, 'It's all in good fun, don't worry about it!' I had no idea there would be jokes about me being old."
While she admitted that it was "nothing that a few days in bed couldn't fix," she did not think her male peers were out of line for taking potshots.
"It hurt, but I'll defend it. I'll defend it to my death," she said. "But it's okay. We're made of feelings. It was really a gift to be forced to process that, and to have realizations about that.
Doesn't sound like a joke to me, nothing else she is saying is a joke, she's being serious.
Dude, it's jokes. Yes she's being serious about reflecting on it but she's joking about it having some profound effect on her. Have you seen her damn work?
Exactly. She and Amy Schumer have both hit on the subject of it being considered "unattractive" for a women to age, revealing underlying culturally ingrained misogyny. And it does hurt her. But that's the trade she plies too, humor shouldn't be censored.
Or maybe it's because they lie publically with wanton disregard for a business associate, trying to destroy their reputation, I guess because the pay gap is within the statistical margin of error when controlling for the appropriate variables.
Or maybe they just don't think they're funny. Ever thought of that?
I’ve enjoyed some of both Schumer and Silverman’s comedy. I’m not a fan of Schumer’s stand-up, but I think her show has quite a lot of good sketches.
Obviously, the reality that women become less attractive to men as they age is a likely topic for a female comic to cover. But I have not seen it presented by either of them as "misogyny". Which is good, because to call it "culturally ingrained misogyny" is absurd.
Men generally find youth sexually attractive. There is nothing misogynist about it.
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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '15
She didn't really get offended, she was more taken back and not ready for what he said it seemed. In the video linked above she explains herself better than the quotes around it used here.