On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Mark Jeffries <[email protected]>wrote:
> Tweets from former Letterman writer and Vanity Fair blogger Nell Scovell, > all very recent as of this writing and posted over a three-minute period, > in order of posting: > > There are now more women in Augusta Country Club than in the writers' room > at Late Show w/David Letterman. > *#SexistBastions*<https://twitter.com/search/?q=%23SexistBastions&src=hash> > > There are now more women in Augusta Country Club than in the writers' room > at the Late Late Show w/Craig Ferguson. > *#SexistBastions*<https://twitter.com/search/?q=%23SexistBastions&src=hash> > > There are now more women in Augusta Country Club than in the writers' room > at The Tonight Show w/Jay Leno. > *#SexistBastions*<https://twitter.com/search/?q=%23SexistBastions&src=hash> > > There are now more women in Augusta Country Club than in the writers' room > at Tosh 2.0. > *#SexistBastions*<https://twitter.com/search/?q=%23SexistBastions&src=hash> > > No links, no further comments. > This kind of thing obscures so much more than it illuminates, that I am not sure what the point is. Augusta has long had a ban on women joining their club; the late night tv programs have not. Augusta has been run by men; Late Show has long been practically dominated by women in positions of power, and of course Leno's initial late night career was micro-managed by a woman. Yes, we know women are underrepresented in writers rooms of television comedy programs; there are probably several reasons for this, none of which are that women are not funny, but also none of which are that women have been prohibited from working in those rooms (I am pretty sure Leno has had women in the room in the past, we know Dave has, I don't know about the other two). The parallel between the situation in late night comedy and Augusta National is similar to the parallel between blacks being banned from MLB before Jackie Robinson and there only being one black guy on the US Olympic Swimming Team. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
