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Nikki Finke Has Some Thoughts on Women in Comedy

“Listen up, Hollywood: Beautiful actresses are not funny. They don’t know how to do comedy … Only women who grew up ugly and stayed ugly, or through plastic surgery became beautiful, can pull off sitcoms or standups … Because it’s all about emotional pain and humiliation and rising above both by making people laugh with you instead of at you. So stop casting beautiful actresses when you should be giving ugly women a chance.” — Nikki Finke, clearly peeved about Julie Bowen’s Emmy win.

Nikki Finke Has Some Thoughts on Women in Comedy