Now this is funny. As if late-night “comedy” writers weren’t already a joke, they’ve looked at themselves and decided there’s not enough diversity, equity, and inclusion among them. And so the Writers Guild has produced a pledge to make the writers’ rooms at shows like “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” more diverse and inclusive. No less than Amy Schumer has signed on, promising to rip off jokes from minorities as well as white comedians.
John Oliver, Amy Schumer and More Sign Writers Guild DEI Pledge for Late Night and Comedy/Variety TV Writers https://t.co/Wn3hXYrzCG
— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) December 20, 2022
Rebecca Sun reports:
The Writers Guild of America East and Writers Guild of America West have crafted a pledge committing to improving diversity, equity and inclusion in late night and comedy/variety TV, signed by more than 50 supervisory scribes in the space.
The diverse group, which includes John Oliver, Amber Ruffin, Amy Schumer and Charlamagne tha God, acknowledges systemic barriers and a “sink or swim” culture that has historically excluded BIPOC writers and outlines some specific remedies for helping them enter, stay in and move up through the pipeline.
“Traditional pipelines into late night and comedy-variety television are historically overwhelmingly white, and it is, therefore, insufficient to rely solely upon them when making hiring decisions,” reads the joint statement, which also was signed by Trevor Noah, Samantha Bee, Desus Nice and The Kid Mero, whose shows or hosting stints recently concluded.
“Whose shows or hosting stints recently concluded.” We were wondering why Samantha Bee was still hanging in there like a nasty odor.
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And you thought there was no way to make late night any unfunnier https://t.co/hHuQfTkB2e
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) December 20, 2022
“Stop, Stop! late night is already dead “ https://t.co/it2X21O8da
— Matt’s Idea Shop (@MattsIdeaShop) December 20, 2022
Are these people really considered comedians? Are the standards that low?
— Punished Hatchling (@PunishedHatchl1) December 20, 2022
Late night comedy is already dead. This will be the nail in the coffin.
— Craig Phillips 🧩 (@RounderAAAA) December 20, 2022
— DB🍺 (@Bertino311) December 20, 2022
The DNC must be paying them directly. Can't be based on viewing, or they'd all go broke.
— ConcernedCitizen (@Mycelianmind) December 20, 2022
"Amy Schumer". Alright everyone pack your bags. Comedy is dead.
— Jud (@JudTheBudd) December 20, 2022
Wild idea… but for comedy, just hire who writes the funniest stuff.
This crowd is getting left behind and they don't even know it
— Steve (@SteveOB05) December 20, 2022
None of these people have been funny in years so 🤷♀️
— commonsense (@commonsense258) December 20, 2022
— Paul Coleman (@pcoleman76) December 20, 2022
Just create a new show called "virtue signal" and be done with it, lol
— Floplag (@floplag) December 20, 2022
Oliver was funny for a few minutes 10 years ago. Schumer has never been funny. And I'm positive I've never heard of the "more" people.
— Go-kart Mozart (@csingkofer) December 20, 2022
Amy Schumer does comedy?
— Luke Gowdy (@gowdy_luke) December 20, 2022
I’ve never looked forward to not watching tv more.
— tonia (@73_tdog) December 20, 2022
With those people involved, I'm sure soon we will have many more diverse looking people writing more of the same unfunny Leftist political drivel that we've all become accustomed to.
— Eric From Galt's Gulch (@EricFromSTL) December 20, 2022
No wonder Gutfeld is the number one late night show lmao
— Topher (@TopherInCA) December 20, 2022
So…..some unfunny people want to make their product even LESS entertaining? Sounds like a great business/job security plan to me.
— MnMonger (@mnmonger) December 20, 2022
I'm down with this. The world needs more jokes and to make fun of people of all creeds and colors.
— John Ford (@johnford) December 20, 2022
We’re sure more black trans women in the writers’ room will make comedy less woke and even funnier.
I'm going to not watch it even harder now.
— Albert Gorithm (@k83468868) December 20, 2022
Late-night TV doesn’t have a lot of room to take risks what with competition from streaming … and Gutfeld, of course.
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John Oliver is way too focused on ‘hope and joy’ for trans kids to care about the scientific and medical reality [videos] https://t.co/g926kVq7j0
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) October 17, 2022
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