I cannot believe that in all the years that there have been female stand-ups, there has never been a show just for them.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It used to be only on TV that women could lead, that a show could be based on a woman.
When I go to a web video meeting and look around, at least half the show runners are women. And a lot are actors-cum-writers who are frustrated with the situation of being a woman actor in Hollywood and have decided to create their own show.
There's not one type of stand-up, just like there's not one type of woman.
We have to give feminism a shot. Out of sheer self preservation, we have to stand aside and let women run the show.
As much as I was encouraged by the number of female-centric shows being bandied about, it feels like we're being treated like a trend or a quota to be filled.
There are some strong female performers out there. But the industry's pre-occupation with the packaging of how a woman looks has gone completely the other way, back to almost the 60s, early 70s.
I do have a lot of female friends who are stand-ups and also women who are actresses and also happen to have an act.
It's only recently women got to be action heroes on TV. Progress is slow, and often non-existent. There's plenty of cool comics with female characters... But all it takes is one Catwoman to set the cause back a decade.
Also, it was a cultural moment that wasn't being represented in terms of women who were successful and had choices they didn't have before. They needed a show that they can watch that they felt like represented them.
You are not any different. You can do anything you want. So many times, I've been asked what I think of women stand-ups. If you actually look around, there are so many female comedians starring in the biggest TV shows.