not really, my friend just wrote a script about a talking cabbage and i think was only vaguely aware of the KITH sketch and was like "oh, i guess they're a little similar, whatever"
― fetty wap, kombucha, where to trap queen (some dude), Monday, 8 June 2015 23:02 (nine years ago) link
all the moms I know howl with laughter at her show. I love all the moms so she's great afaic
― Joan Crawford Loves Chachi, Monday, 8 June 2015 23:27 (nine years ago) link
My favorite thing she's done is the Charlie Sheen roast. I'm with the detractors though, I want to like her show but it just doesn't work. A lot of really good ideas. Very poorly executed.
― daavid, Tuesday, 9 June 2015 00:12 (nine years ago) link
parts of this season of the show have been real lowpoints imo -- that honey boo boo sketch dear god
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 9 June 2015 00:28 (nine years ago) link
what other shows do moms love, Joan Crawford Loves Chachi?
― hunangarage, Tuesday, 9 June 2015 00:58 (nine years ago) link
ellen
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 9 June 2015 01:16 (nine years ago) link
I wrote about it on the other thread earlier and I am too tired to get into it more now but I just started watching her and I fucking love her. No shrug. The last fuckable day sketch was amazing. The boyband makeup sketch was great as is everything she's done about birth control. So was the speech I linked in the other thread. I've only seen 3 eps of this season and none of the others so maybe I need to watch more before commenting further but I'm into her. I am not a mom.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 01:38 (nine years ago) link
I will say that from the little I've seen I can already tell she recycles material a little too much and can veer towards the I'm being gross purely for the sake of grossness (the discharge joke in the speech) but it's so OTT it's almost like she's gone beyond and is parodying everything ppl criticize modern feminists for in a v smart way.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 01:41 (nine years ago) link
The movie looks . . . not great but maybe I'm wrong. I do have a new found love for Hader so idk. I'm not going to run to see it in theaters but I'm sure I'll catch it on tv eventually.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 01:42 (nine years ago) link
She's hilarious. Her show's funny and her stand-up's great.
"Have you found Jesus?"
"Oh, we found Him all right."
― pplains, Tuesday, 9 June 2015 02:17 (nine years ago) link
I like her.
― Darin, Tuesday, 9 June 2015 02:24 (nine years ago) link
I like her. I am a mom.
― bag lady bag (mattresslessness), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 02:33 (nine years ago) link
She occupies the same space Chappelle does for me while he was on the air -- a cultural observer who could get dark to the point where you thought it wasn't funny, or you were afraid you couldn't laugh.
― How Butch, I mean (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 03:15 (nine years ago) link
Which I guess means the fool doesn't need to be funny; just needs to be true
if that Friday Night Lights sketch is as good as it gets, then yeeesh
― frogbs, Tuesday, 9 June 2015 03:44 (nine years ago) link
she's having a (v undeserved) moment for some reason. let's talk about her here
― Οὖτις, Monday, June 8, 2015 9:17 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
man i would love it if our marc maron thread started like this
― ♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 04:37 (nine years ago) link
or our louis c.k. thread
('b b but louis c.k. is a genius and amy schumer is ...' in 3, 2 ... )
― ♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 04:40 (nine years ago) link
frogsbs disliking her is a Win imo
― supreme problematics (D-40), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 05:01 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDk5wDBR3hA
― lettered and hapful (symsymsym), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 05:21 (nine years ago) link
i'm a fan. at first i thought she wasn't for me, but so much of what she's doing is so smart and barbed and kind of awesome that i forgive some of the dumber or more obvious stuff.
― jaymc, Tuesday, 9 June 2015 05:45 (nine years ago) link
finally started watching this after just seeing isolated clips. watched about five episodes of season 2 (which was on demand), it's certainly funny enough for me.
― akm, Tuesday, 9 June 2015 06:46 (nine years ago) link
tbh the presence of josh charles in her show is enough for me
jaymc otm
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 10:04 (nine years ago) link
I haven't seen any of her stand-up but I'm p excited to now. Also, Jimmy otm too.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 10:07 (nine years ago) link
Can I call out sick and just watch her all day? Probably not, right? Shit.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 10:12 (nine years ago) link
I like her, AFAICT, but what I've seen of her show is one hit to a whole lot of misses (which may just be a thing with CC sketch shows, as I feel roughly the same about Key and Peele). The 'women apologizing for everything' sketch was good.
― Tarkus Aurelius (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 10:37 (nine years ago) link
I haven't seen that one but I think I need to because it's something I do all the time and I hate it. Even when I try not to I still do it!!!
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 11:51 (nine years ago) link
sorry I'm not gonna defend someone who jokes about race, rape, and abortion. that stuff just isn't funny to me, but ymmv I guess
― frogbs, Tuesday, 9 June 2015 13:00 (nine years ago) link
why can't she just joke about airplane food and dumb Apple watches?
― Is It Any Wonder I'm Not the (President Keyes), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 13:03 (nine years ago) link
― ♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Monday, June 8, 2015 11:40 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
What I've been thinking has been the undercurrent in this thread the whole time.
― pplains, Tuesday, 9 June 2015 13:14 (nine years ago) link
I don't know that there's any real point in comparing the two. If anything, I'd say Amy Schumer seems to be working at about the same level as early-to-mid-'00s Louis C.K.: solid and showing promise but probably not at her peak yet. She seems to be a pretty strong comic in the context of where she's at in her career.
― Tarkus Aurelius (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 13:21 (nine years ago) link
She's such a racist! vs. "It's only a six-letter word that you're giving power to... Here, let me say it again."
― pplains, Tuesday, 9 June 2015 13:23 (nine years ago) link
It will be interesting to see how her material evolves over time. Right now, she's writing almost entirely for people like herself - women in their late 20s and early 30s who share the politics and values dominant in the culture industry. (Similarly, Louis CK writes for people like himself - middle-aged men at sea in a world that cares less and less about them with each passing day.) Schumer's material is targeted at an audience that writes lots of thinkpieces for high-profile web outlets, so she's having a moment. The interesting question is, what will a 35- or 40-year-old Amy Schumer talk about? Are there (m)any female comedians aiming at a middle-aged female audience? (I genuinely don't know.)
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 13:34 (nine years ago) link
so off the fucking money
― ♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 13:37 (nine years ago) link
"women in their late 20s and early 30s who share the politics and values dominant in the culture industry" -- her whole schtick is that the politics, values dominant in the culture industry are lame as hell when you're a woman in your 20s, 30s ffs. the idea that oh she might be interesting one day, hm, (tugs at beard,) is frankly patronising af. it's interesting as heck that a mainstream comic is articulating a critique of the p., v. d. in the c. i. as such a front-and-center part of her project!
― ♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 13:41 (nine years ago) link
last week there was a WTF interview with one of Amy Schumer's writers, Kurt Metzger, where he mainly talked about running afoul of Jezebel and other sites, and online campaigns to get Amy to fire him.
― Is It Any Wonder I'm Not the (President Keyes), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 13:59 (nine years ago) link
My first impression of her was an awful one: "I used to date Hispanic guys, but now I prefer consensual."
But in the same way that older Louie standup was more about the easy porn joke, they both got more nuanced, instead of more dumbed down, after blowing up. It really may have to do with what works in a comedy club when that's your gig (more shock needed) than what you can do in a sketch, and what leeway you have when you're a headliner.
― ... (Eazy), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 14:01 (nine years ago) link
thomp otm
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 14:08 (nine years ago) link
I think what CK and Schumer have in common is that neither is particularly strong technically as a comic. (I have seen a lot more of CK than I have Schumer, so I could be wrong about her.) It's very easy to nod in approval or recognition at their jokes (and I've done it) but hard to imagine actually laughing. Which is fine! Comedy has many mansions nowadays. But I think Schumer and CK live in the same one.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 14:09 (nine years ago) link
There's a really interesting tension between comics 'privately' pushing boundaries in smaller clubs and the extent to which their existence as transgressive satellites, observing and commenting on polite society from a distance, is challenged once their profiles get bigger. You tend to see a lot of awkward 'growing up in public' as they try to figure out how to speak to a broader audience.
― Tarkus Aurelius (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 14:09 (nine years ago) link
So I mean I guess I shouldn't have said "strong technically as a comic" -- "comic" means a lot of things. I guess I mean I think neither is strong in the classical mode of, you tell a joke, people laugh.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 14:10 (nine years ago) link
idk if this was meant to be relevant to the point at hand but i just looked at some of the stuff they ain't like him for and man, he seems like a total dick
― ♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 14:15 (nine years ago) link
prob the relevant thing is that AS knows about that stuff too and seemingly doesn't care. So perhaps she's not working just to feed hip websites
― Is It Any Wonder I'm Not the (President Keyes), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 14:18 (nine years ago) link
xp yea he seems like a jerk, I turned that interview off maybe halfway through
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 9 June 2015 14:18 (nine years ago) link
Schumer has definitely, for better or worse, gotten to where she is partly by gaining the acceptance and friendship of the scuzzy tough guy Comedy Central Roast wing of the standup world, and sometimes it's hard to tell what the disconnect between her material and their more misogynistic stuff means -- does she excuse it, does she tolerate it, does she separate the art from the person, etc.
one funny thing that happened after the Twelve Angry Men episode:
somebody had the amusing idea to rank the men in the episode by attractivenesshttp://flavorwire.com/517424/inside-amy-schumers-12-angry-men-ranked
and Nick DiPaolo responded in a way that suggested he kiiiiiinda didn't understand the point of the episode he was a part ofhttps://twitter.com/pilotbacon/status/596001366910304256
― fetty wap, kombucha, where to trap queen (some dude), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 14:39 (nine years ago) link
I dont see much of a critique in her material, baffled by that interpretation tbh.
(I dont know any moms that like her fwiw but will conduct more scientific survey and report back)
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 9 June 2015 14:56 (nine years ago) link
the p., v. d. in the c.
waht
― example (crüt), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 14:59 (nine years ago) link
you don't see any critique of male attitude towards women in Inside Amy Schumer? how much of this show have you watched again?
― fetty wap, kombucha, where to trap queen (some dude), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 15:09 (nine years ago) link
There's some of that yeah but thomp explicitly claiming a much broader critique
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 9 June 2015 15:10 (nine years ago) link
I've seen some posters in the subway, am I entitled to strong opinions about the show?
― Evan, Tuesday, 9 June 2015 15:10 (nine years ago) link
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/27/books/amy-schumers-head-writer-on-comedy-and-her-new-book.html?_r=0
― calstars, Saturday, 28 May 2016 20:08 (eight years ago) link
supposedly too dark to air on cc (but really? it's not that bad)
http://www.cc.com/video-clips/94dj5u/inside-amy-schumer-exclusive---the-law-firm-of-shrak---murphy
― Mordy, Wednesday, 29 June 2016 21:56 (eight years ago) link
man that's labored, I couldn't even make it to the end
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 29 June 2016 22:13 (eight years ago) link
I thought this season was terrible, and I'm a fan. Felt like most of the skits were Amy playing herself and were about her being famous, which even played ironically or at her own expense got tired really fast.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 29 June 2016 22:18 (eight years ago) link
Unexpectedly, Hilton Als on Schumer:
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/10/10/the-limits-of-perversity-in-amy-schumers-standup
― otm in the rain (Eazy), Monday, 3 October 2016 04:37 (seven years ago) link
Huh. There are some serious, questionable parallels with his takedown of Beyonce in that review.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 3 October 2016 13:30 (seven years ago) link
New Netflix special was forced at times but still brought the laughs.
― Carlotta's Portrait (Ross), Saturday, 11 March 2017 20:54 (seven years ago) link
I doubt I'll see her new movie, but I'm very ashamed to admit that I LOL'd pretty hard at the "whale cum" joke in the trailer.
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Thursday, 11 May 2017 03:46 (seven years ago) link
her 15 minutes are up, right?
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 11 May 2017 17:10 (seven years ago) link
Let's hope so
― calstars, Thursday, 11 May 2017 17:13 (seven years ago) link
she'll get revival sympathy as a "pioneering feminist icon" in 10-20 years
― it me, Sunday, 14 May 2017 01:25 (seven years ago) link
Counterpoint: maybe the number of roles available for female comedians at the peak of their popularity are no better or more numerous than for any other actresses. I somehow doubt Goldie Hawn hasn't worked in 15 years just cuz she didn't feel like it. Though who knows?
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 14 May 2017 01:29 (seven years ago) link
That said, I think she is pretty hit-or-miss even on her own terms. On her show for instance.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 14 May 2017 01:30 (seven years ago) link
movie sucked
there was a weird PSA at the beginning of amy schumer and goldie hawn in front of a white backdrop thanking the audience for seeing the movie in a theater. it was really odd, out of place, kind of disturbing and unnecessarily desperate - if movie theaters disappear like tower records i'm leaving this planet. i don't remember the organization that the video was sponsored by
― flappy bird, Sunday, 14 May 2017 03:06 (seven years ago) link
We saw the first ep of the new season of "Inside" and, with the exception of a few moments (the punchline of the Hallmark movie parody, maybe) I thought it was dire, like half-baked C-list end of the night "SNL" skits that all went on too long. Oof.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 27 October 2022 12:58 (one year ago) link
the very mention of her triggers a ton of right wing trolls and for that reason it's hard for me to talk shit but man I just have never found anything she's done to be funny. the one standup of hers I saw was pretty racist too. I really do not get what's made her such a big star all of the sudden.
― frogbs, Thursday, 27 October 2022 13:40 (one year ago) link
i liked about 45% of her original series a lot, will give this a try.
― “Cheeky cheeky!” she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Friday, 28 October 2022 03:46 (one year ago) link
Dud.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Wednesday, 1 November 2023 19:08 (ten months ago) link
she's someone i see and i wonder why she thought she should be a performer. or why other people thought she should be. like leelee sobieski or patrick swayze's brother.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 1 November 2023 19:18 (ten months ago) link