I personally do not think Wanda Sykes is “bitchy.” If I had said that, that would mark me as a sexist. She is ornery, to be sure, but it’s usually with justification within the scene. Shes tough, she’s nobody’s fool and she doesn’t take crap from anyone. Rosanne is of a similar vein, but just to a much stronger degree. But she has undoubtedly been a bitch many times before.

The male comedians you mentioned, Matt Damon, George C., Seth Rogen, etc., are not really comedians. The first two are not comedians by choice, but by some odd quirk (Or genius money making scheme) they are compelled to take the ‘goofy’ role – and fail. Seth Rogen, however, is insufferable. Hes like the 17th funniest person at a frat party. If it wasn’t for his heinous, unpalatable speaking voice, he would be utterly non-descript.

While there isn’t many female comedians on t.v., there is an enormous list of unfunny men on television. The list starting with said, Seth Rogen, George Lopez, Drew Carey, Jay Leno, Craig Ferguson, Tyler Perry, so on and so on.

Kudo’s to Tina Fey for making it in the industry. However, she is severely limited comedically, and is routinely shown up by the other main female star, Jane Krakowski. I rarely here women talk about Jane’s role, so are they too guilty of not recognizing true female talent? My feminist, doctoral candidate girlfriend agrees. I mention her leaning’s and education to give her opinion a little more credence since it works in these academic circles. We both love 30 Rock. However, over watching the first three season, we both giggled at something Tina said maybe a total of 6 times. The person caught laughing WITH Tina, is immediately called out and ridiculed, mocked – it’s a game. We have both been guilty, and clearly mocked by the other but again, this guilt is minimal, as is the surprise of Tina saying something genuinely funny.

Also, in the Barr piece, I pretty much died when she described Clooney beating the chocolate number 1 the network sent her with a bat. I found a whole new level of respect for her when I read that.