“You can’t follow trends, you have to set them yourselves,” said Ziwe, actor, writer and star of the upcoming variety show “Ziwe.”
Ziwe, along with Chelsea Devantez, London Hughes, Jana Schmieding and Rachel Sennott, gathered virtually at USC’s Women Creating Comedy panel, hosted by Shannon Hardy, to discuss carving their own paths and sexism in the entertainment industry.
To begin, the panelists — all pioneering women in comedy — talked about the tall task of making people laugh during a pandemic.
“There’s that old adage, ‘comedy is pain,'” Devantez, head writer of the upcoming series “The Problem with Jon Stewart,” said. “Pain and darkness have never stopped or influenced my comedy because that’s why I am a comedian.”
Hughes, who was the first British Black woman to be nominated for an Edinburgh Comedy Award for her stand-up special “To Catch a Dick,” added that funny women are...
Ziwe, along with Chelsea Devantez, London Hughes, Jana Schmieding and Rachel Sennott, gathered virtually at USC’s Women Creating Comedy panel, hosted by Shannon Hardy, to discuss carving their own paths and sexism in the entertainment industry.
To begin, the panelists — all pioneering women in comedy — talked about the tall task of making people laugh during a pandemic.
“There’s that old adage, ‘comedy is pain,'” Devantez, head writer of the upcoming series “The Problem with Jon Stewart,” said. “Pain and darkness have never stopped or influenced my comedy because that’s why I am a comedian.”
Hughes, who was the first British Black woman to be nominated for an Edinburgh Comedy Award for her stand-up special “To Catch a Dick,” added that funny women are...
- 4/10/2021
- by Ethan Shanfeld
- Variety Film + TV
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