Why Women Can Be the Worst Audiences for Female Comedy
Lynne Parker
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Posted 16.09.2012
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UK Comedy
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Essentially women are conditioned to laugh AT men and WITH other women. Hear me out before dismissing my theory. Comedy is bound up with power and sex, and an ugly man can laugh a woman into bed if all else fails. We go for a 'GSOH' kind of guy more often than pure good looks but a combination of the two is the ideal - we care less about appearance than men do.
