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Outrage as Former Disney CEO Michael Eisner says Funny Women usually aren't Beautiful
Daily Mail (U.K.) ^ | July 4, 2015 | Mia de Graaf

Posted on 07/05/2015 6:15:04 AM PDT by Cecily

Former Disney CEO Michael Eisner believes women are rarely both funny and beautiful.

Speaking with Goldie Hawn at the Aspen Ideas Festival, he said: 'The hardest artist to find is a beautiful, funny woman.'

He prophetically added: 'Boy I'm going to get in trouble, I know this goes online. But usually, unbelievably beautiful women - you being an exception - are not funny.'

Accordingly, his words have have prompted outrage on Twitter, with thousands of people name-checking comedians such as Tina Fey, Mindy Kalig and Kristen Wiig as examples of the supposedly unattainable formula.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Humor; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: beauty; disney; goldiehawn; kristenwiig; miadegraaf; michaeleisner; mindykalig; tinafey; twitter
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To: Cecily

Iliza Shlesinger. Enough said.

http://m.digitaljournal.com/a-and-e/entertainment/comedian-iliza-shlesinger-expertly-analyzes-female-behaviour/article/404602


21 posted on 07/05/2015 6:36:58 AM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
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To: Cecily
It's the nature of comedy. Unlike actors, comics aren't selected to be famous because of sex appeal, and then they do unattractive things for the laughs.

Take JIm Carrey.

I would think this is a man most women would find attractive.

But try to find a picture of him NOT making a silly face.

Of course, even that isn't inherently unattractive (is it, ladies?), but you see that smile and somewhere your brain thinks of:

or worse


22 posted on 07/05/2015 6:40:00 AM PDT by dangus
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To: nathanbedford
On the other hand, there is no comic reason why this beautiful woman now looks like this


23 posted on 07/05/2015 6:43:20 AM PDT by dangus
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To: Cecily

Most people aren’t funny and most aren’t beautiful either...so the chances of being funny and beautiful are small. It’s just the odds but it doesn’t mean they’re mutually exclusive...hence the word “most”, not “ all”.

What are odds of being a good looking man and have a high IQ? Not much. I don’t see the difference.


24 posted on 07/05/2015 6:44:33 AM PDT by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing consequences of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: dangus
there is no comic reason

Only tragic reasons: fear of rejection, fear of aging, fear of death.

25 posted on 07/05/2015 6:45:16 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("And that drummer from that one band whose name I can't remember is also dead."~SamAdams76)
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To: Cecily

He must be thinking of Whoopi Goldberg, but she’s not funny.


26 posted on 07/05/2015 6:45:21 AM PDT by King Moonracer (Bad lighting and cheap fabric, that's how you sell clothing.....)
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To: Cecily

Oh, well. Guess it’s that time of the week for someone to be “outraged” over something...


27 posted on 07/05/2015 6:46:43 AM PDT by cld51860 (Volo pro veritas)
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To: dangus

They sure do ruin themselves when they undergo the knife!


28 posted on 07/05/2015 6:47:02 AM PDT by hsmomx3
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To: Cecily

Jenna Marbles.


29 posted on 07/05/2015 6:49:59 AM PDT by real saxophonist (Total concentwation. This is not a chawade.)
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To: Cecily

Hm?.....I am thinking?.....Are funny men usually knockout handsome?

Nope! Don’t think so.


30 posted on 07/05/2015 6:50:19 AM PDT by wintertime (Stop treating government teachers like they are reincarnated Mother Teresas!)
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To: Daffynition


31 posted on 07/05/2015 6:56:37 AM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: nathanbedford

Lucille Ball was one of the most beautiful sensual women that lived. Only about 5% of here appearances were in not funny roles tho.

I hated her when she broke into her funny character, acting stupid and vapid for the laugh track.

She was better being real than anything she even did for a laugh.


32 posted on 07/05/2015 6:57:13 AM PDT by Delta 21 (Patiently waiting for the jack booted kick at my door.)
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To: Cecily

I used to like Margaret Cho, before she got all tatted up and radical.


33 posted on 07/05/2015 6:57:47 AM PDT by real saxophonist (Total concentwation. This is not a chawade.)
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To: Cecily

I can think of more beautiful comediennes than handsome comedians.


34 posted on 07/05/2015 6:58:41 AM PDT by CaptainK (...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
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To: Cecily
Different people have different strengths and attributes. Few have ALL traits which are considered exceptionally desirable. Those of us lacking in one area usually work to develop others. The rarity of any one individual having all of the traits deemed desirable is noted when an individual with two are more is emphasized.

There is a YouTube video circulating of two young men in their early twenties. One might be considered a "dweeb", the other is a published mathematician, moreover, he is also an NFL lineman and.....(gasp!) he's black! The video has obviously gained popularity because it goes counter to several stereotypes.

Eisner's comment is simply about another stereotype. A 1953 definition of "stereotype" was "assign preconceived and oversimplified notion of characteristics typical of a person or group".

"Preconceived" has become a perjorative for many writers. Yet, "the adjective is formed from pre, "before," and conceived, which here means "taken into the mind," from the Latin concipere, "to take in and hold"." IOW, something which you have thought about beforehand, reached a conclusion on and filed away for quick reference in the future.

We call this learning about our environment.

Snarling dog with barred fangs, straining at his chain = Danger!
Motorist in car at stop sign, observing dump truck loaded with gravel approaching on the cross street at 50mph = Danger!
Motorist in car at stop sign, observing motorcyclist approaching on the cross street at 50mph = "Whatever - he's much smaller that my car."

Jesse Jackson said a few years ago, “There is nothing more painful to me … than to walk down the street and hear footsteps and start thinking about robbery, then look around and see somebody white and feel relieved.”

Two stereotypes here - "footsteps behind" and "he's white - I'm NOT in danger". Jesse Jackson could never be accused of pro-white bias. In this comment, he has simply demonstrated that he has LEARNED from his environment. Likewise, Michael Eisener is in an environment populated with:

Whoopi Goldberg
Bette Middler
Rosie O'Donnell
Ellen DeGeneres
Kathy Griffin
Joan Rivers
Wanda Sykes
Carol Burnett

He has made the observation that "Funny Women usually aren't Beautiful" - probably true, but very, very non-PC!

35 posted on 07/05/2015 7:02:08 AM PDT by BwanaNdege (.)
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To: Cecily

Goldie Hawn is not beautiful (not that she has to be).

This guy might want to look around a bit. Most people in any profession are not beautiful/handsome. Most are just average looking.


36 posted on 07/05/2015 7:04:46 AM PDT by Lorianne
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To: Cecily

37 posted on 07/05/2015 7:04:48 AM PDT by ElkGroveDan (My tagline is in the shop.)
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To: King Moonracer

I first wondered if he might be mistakenly thinking Rosie O’Donnell was funny. She sure adds a lot of weight to the ugly pile.


38 posted on 07/05/2015 7:05:26 AM PDT by bigbob (The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
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To: Cecily

Generally, most liberal comedians aren’t funny.


39 posted on 07/05/2015 7:07:00 AM PDT by Rides_A_Red_Horse (Why do you need a fire extinguisher when you can call the fire department?)
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To: Cecily

I think we can rest our case with Lily Tomlin.


40 posted on 07/05/2015 7:08:25 AM PDT by SamAdams76
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