Women Have Always Been Funny

Why is it such a Big Hairy Deal that Bridesmaids was hilarious? In the reviews this week, I have read nothing but comments saying that this movie proved women can be raunchy, silly, funny, and ridiculous and pull it off. Forgive me if I'm wrong, but haven't women always been funny? Do I need to cite evidence?

First of all, Maya Rudolph & Kristen Wiig have been funny for a longgg time. But let's also consider: Debra Messing, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, (both writers of things funny and probably the only good writers save Seth Meyers that SNL has seen in awhile), Ana Geyster, Cheri Oteri, Molly Shannon, Gilda Radner, Sarah Silverman, Chelsea Handler, Ellen DeGeneres, Margaret Cho, Whitney Cummings, Janeane Garofalo, Lisa Kudrow, Natasha Leggero, Mindy Kaling, Amy Sedaris... and the list goes on.

See also: countless women I know in real life who crack me up on a daily basis.

But no, you know what? You're right. Women aren't funny. So thank God for this movie.

Sarcasm aside, I loved it. The movie had some very real moments, in addition to being laugh out loud funny. Wiig was brilliant - especially in the scene on the plane with her Ethel Merman voice and prescription drug fueled crazy rant "It's called civil rights, this is the 90s!" - and in the sequence of silly things she does to try and get the hot Irish cop's attention "Hey who's driving that car?!" So if this movie serves as a notice to the people who have been living under a rock that women are indeed funny... then well, that's fantastic.