Comments on: Katherine Heigl Has No Sense of Humor http://www.flisted.com/9988/katherine-heigl-has-no-sense-of-humor/ Hot Celebrity Snatch Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:37:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: oneoneone http://www.flisted.com/9988/katherine-heigl-has-no-sense-of-humor/#comment-1313 oneoneone Tue, 04 Dec 2007 11:33:03 +0000 http://www.flisted.com/9988/katherine-heigl-has-no-sense-of-humor/#comment-1313 She's an ungrateful hypocrite. The movie isn't portraying women under bad light, she is. She’s an ungrateful hypocrite. The movie isn’t portraying women under bad light, she is.

]]> By: allison http://www.flisted.com/9988/katherine-heigl-has-no-sense-of-humor/#comment-1312 allison Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:26:22 +0000 http://www.flisted.com/9988/katherine-heigl-has-no-sense-of-humor/#comment-1312 Actually, I found it refreshing to hear her voice exactly the concern I had when I saw the film. I do have a sense of humor despite being female (last I checked, my vagina doesn't prevent me from laughing), and I really enjoyed the movie. However, I had a nagging feeling that though the actresses in it were really funny, they were funny by portraying women as shrews. Maybe the problem is just that it was written by a man who couldn't quite get into the woman's side of that situation 100%. That's not something I can fault him for entirely, I could never completely understand the male point of view, just due to a necessary lack of experience in that role. Overall, I felt it was well-written, but if he'd pulled in some advice from women, it could have been improved. I also find the comments strange that most women aren't funny. I've heard that sentiment before, but have never noticed women getting less laughs than men in social events I've attended. My absolute funniest friend is female, and she's successfully using that humor in her professional life. I know anecdotes don't count for much though, and that there are many more well-known male comedians than female ones. However, I think that comedy is just another one of those male bastions that women are still slowly breaking into. If the establishment in a given field is male, and they're convinced that women aren't funny... isn't it conceivable that women will be judged more harshly and pushed out of the field? It might be easier for feminists to grow the sense of humor like you want if there weren't still so many men out there throwing around clearly sexist statements like yours. Nobody would tell African-Americans to just grow up and laugh it off if if someone made a statement like "Black people are just inherently not very good at _______" Why do you think women should? Actually, I found it refreshing to hear her voice exactly the concern I had when I saw the film. I do have a sense of humor despite being female (last I checked, my vagina doesn’t prevent me from laughing), and I really enjoyed the movie. However, I had a nagging feeling that though the actresses in it were really funny, they were funny by portraying women as shrews. Maybe the problem is just that it was written by a man who couldn’t quite get into the woman’s side of that situation 100%. That’s not something I can fault him for entirely, I could never completely understand the male point of view, just due to a necessary lack of experience in that role. Overall, I felt it was well-written, but if he’d pulled in some advice from women, it could have been improved.

I also find the comments strange that most women aren’t funny. I’ve heard that sentiment before, but have never noticed women getting less laughs than men in social events I’ve attended. My absolute funniest friend is female, and she’s successfully using that humor in her professional life. I know anecdotes don’t count for much though, and that there are many more well-known male comedians than female ones. However, I think that comedy is just another one of those male bastions that women are still slowly breaking into. If the establishment in a given field is male, and they’re convinced that women aren’t funny… isn’t it conceivable that women will be judged more harshly and pushed out of the field?

It might be easier for feminists to grow the sense of humor like you want if there weren’t still so many men out there throwing around clearly sexist statements like yours. Nobody would tell African-Americans to just grow up and laugh it off if if someone made a statement like “Black people are just inherently not very good at _______” Why do you think women should?

]]> By: skip http://www.flisted.com/9988/katherine-heigl-has-no-sense-of-humor/#comment-1311 skip Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:04:52 +0000 http://www.flisted.com/9988/katherine-heigl-has-no-sense-of-humor/#comment-1311 amen! i actually like katherine so it bums me out to read that she said that. i'm glad chelsea handler is finally getting some recognition these days. i remember watching her on "girl's behaving badly" years ago. bitch is hilarious! amen! i actually like katherine so it bums me out to read that she said that. i’m glad chelsea handler is finally getting some recognition these days. i remember watching her on “girl’s behaving badly” years ago. bitch is hilarious!

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