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Guest post: Slate writers’ defense of Bridesmaids misses the mark

By Lori | Published: February 28, 2012

TweetThis is a guest post by Silpa Kovvali. In response to my recent post about the prevalence of tired stereotypes in the comedy Bridesmaids, Double X’s Amanda Marcotte writes: The recent explosion of prominent women in comedy has brought with it an unfortunate but predictable debate about whether or not the characters that have resulted [...]

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Bridesmaids becomes top earning R-rated female comedy.

By Samhita | Published: July 5, 2011

TweetThere were conflicting opinions about this year’s gal pal hit Bridesmaids and while I didn’t think it was perfect, I thought it was pretty damn clever and groundbreaking. Well, apparently, the American public agrees as Bridesmaids is now the top rated female comedy ever surpassing Sex and the City and is also Judd Apatow’s highest grossing [...]