If Shane Gillis wants to offend women, he could at least try being funny
Columnist Holly Baxter criticizes comedian Shane Gillis for his recent Saturday Night Live monologue, arguing that his jokes about women were not only offensive but also unoriginal and unfunny. The piece highlights a perceived decline in the quality of sketch comedy writing.
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The article reflects ongoing cultural debates regarding the boundaries of comedy, the responsibility of public figures, and the standards of mainstream entertainment.
The most offensive part of Gillis’s ‘women as wh***s’ segment was how deeply mediocre it is, writes Holly Baxter
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I haven’t watched Saturday Night Live in a while so I didn’t realize that men are unfunny now.
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