Jonah Hill could never be a woman...
And this makes me sad. Jonah Hill, Seth Rogan, Michael Cera, and the rest of the Apatow entourage would not have careers if they were women plain and simple. Despite the fact that women are more prominent in every industry today than ever before, we've still yet to be able to successfully crack into the "blue" comedy market. We've yet to establish a serious presence in the land of crotch jokes and stoner humor. Sure we've made strides with the likes of Janeane Garofalo and Sarah Silverman, but the early 20's frat house market we've yet to really break into. Why is this? The unfortunate truth is that socially, we just aren't ready to accept women as anything less than womanly. We aren't ready to stomach jokes about periods, un-firm jiggly parts, or even vaginal discharge. See...the last one got you cringing. Although we get a solid kick out of hearing jokes about mushroom stamps, limp dicks, and t-bagging. It is the truth...and personally, I think it's shit.
From the first two lines of this post I assumed you were going to write about how it's only acceptable to have unattractive men in leading roles (often with gorgeous women falling for them) but not unattractive women (unless they're secretly attractive and go through a makeover, or play a serious "dramatic" role and put on a prosthetic nose).
ReplyDeleteBut your point is valid too...