Comedy is Feminine

   It's time to get real about the state of comedy in 2017. You've seen it, you've heard it, you've felt it. You might not be able to articulate what's happened. That's why I'm here. "Sex and the City" was only the beginning. If you're a red-blooded heterosexual American male with above-average intelligence, you probably haven't laughed in ages. I'll bet your wife/girlfriend, your sister, your mother and your aunt are having a gay old time, while you squirm in your chair and scratch your head in silent disbelief. Hillary Clinton may not be President, but we're paying for it in other ways. I've lost count of all the 'funny' women that have infiltrated film and television in the early 21st Century. They all seem to get a pass when it comes to the cringe-inducing material that men would normally be condemned for. Unfortunately, comedy can ONLY be feminine in this hyper-sensitive PC climate. God forbid anybody should get offended or feel threatened by an entertainment product. Tina Fey(and her pal Amy Poehler) quietly revamped an ailing "Saturday Night Live" in the year 2000 to appeal to a female sensibility. Those changes stuck, and now appear to have bled into everything. If you're a male and you think Jimmy Fallon is funny, then you've been completely emasculated. That motor-mouthed midget Kevin Hart has more females than males in his fan-base. Even male-oriented comedy has been feminized, and that's one step too far.

   I don't want to be misunderstood here- I'm not longing for the days when Andrew 'Dice' Clay was selling out Madison Square Garden. Dice was garbage, but so is Chelsea Handler. Two wrongs don't make a right. We've gone from one extreme to the next. This summer will see the release of two comedies about women behaving badly("Rough Night" and "Girls Trip") because, hey, women can behave as badly as they want with no consequences. Whatever happens, I'm sure it's some guy's fault. This crass crap is unbecoming and unladylike and(gasp!) unfunny. That's the bottom line. If women want to be treated the same as men, then they're going to have to take all of the criticism that I used to level at Adam Sandler. That would make me a monster. I was raised to respect women. But what if they don't deserve it? There's a lot of "Bad Moms" out there.

Dinosaurs still roamed the Earth when a leather-clad Eddie Murphy called out all the 'faggots' in his hugely popular stand-up movie "Raw".

   I'm afraid we've reached a point of no return. This estrogen overload is here to stay, and I'm worried about the younger generation that doesn't know any other way. The best comedy comes from characters and situations created by actors and writers that are as talented as the people making the best dramas. Well, I hate to point out the obvious, but with the exception of Lucille Ball, they're almost all men, and they weren't overly concerned with political correctness. Call me sexist/racist/homophobic and try to claim the moral high ground all you want, but that's just the way it is. Jerry Seinfeld will always be more famous than Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Diane Keaton needed Woody Allen more than he needed her. Lenny Bruce and Richard Pryor are rolling over in their graves over how sensitive we've become. Long-lasting comedy has to be smart, it has to have balls and(sorry, ladies) it HAS to be funny.