A conversation with Janeane Garofalo

Hey gang!

So I had the rare and wonderful opportunity to interview Janeane Garofalo the other day, and I wanted to share the story with you all. She dishes out lots of great tidbits on women and their role in comedy (and who would know better), like this one:

And then there’s that ridiculous trope: women just aren’t funny. I would say to that: most people really aren’t that funny. There are tons of comedians and comedy actors who aren’t that funny. It has nothing to do with gender, but it just seems sometimes that women aren’t as funny because they are poorly cast in film; they are poorly written for; they rarely have any of the funny lines.

Check it out, and enjoy. :)

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