In case anyone forgot late-night television was a boy’s club, Vanity Fair cleared that up on Monday.
The magazine tweeted a photograph that accompanied a feature on the “new faces, shows, and platforms” in the late-night comedy world.
Pictured were 10 men, all dressed in gray or blue suits, most of them holding cocktails, and offering “Mad Men” looks.
The photo was quickly met with ridicule, including from some women in comedy.
We talked to all the titans of late-night television, and found out why it’s better than ever http://t.co/pIG1c7wSs1 pic.twitter.com/p8EgyB5jva
— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) September 14, 2015
Here are some of the responses it got on Twitter:
.@VanityFair BETTER pic.twitter.com/EfPbTQ3qZ8
— Samantha Bee (@iamsambee) September 14, 2015
I’ve looked at this @VanityFair photo for too long and now I’ve forgotten what women look like. pic.twitter.com/wMVetfiy6x
— Sebastian Nebel (@SebastianNebel) September 14, 2015
@VanityFair All straight dudes. There are more guys named James/Jimmy than black guys.
— MY state of mind (@blkMYmorris) September 14, 2015
@VanityFair the diversity of all the different suits represented is absolutely remarkable, suits have really come a long way so many fabrics
— Melanie Owens (@melowens) September 14, 2015
@VanityFair is it because dressing room sword fights? such total sausage fest. wow! pic.twitter.com/GVr1HF2NfI
— Cold Mess (@standardheart) September 14, 2015
Ha, words have no meaning: “Mix of new faces, shows, & platforms has…revitalized format.” http://t.co/KFP6HFckDz pic.twitter.com/NVaa2omj5r
— Soraya Chemaly (@schemaly) September 14, 2015
@solange_here I like my sexism to be bland & tangled up, like a phone cord from 85. Or maybe a little hallucinogenic but not dangerously so.
— emily nussbaum (@emilynussbaum) September 14, 2015
@VanityFair all liberals. pic.twitter.com/TznJgkuyIY
— Blair Baker (@RealBlairBaker) September 14, 2015
I’m glad Vanity Fair published that all-dude late night photo. For many,seeing is believing. That’s the reality. It looks bad, as it should.
— Caroline Framke (@carolineframke) September 14, 2015
.@VanityFair pic.twitter.com/8F5MI3FU0J
— Jordan Crucchiola (@JorCru) September 14, 2015
@VanityFair it’s great to see so much diversity. It’s inspiring that so many different white men get a chance to be represented for once!
— Becca MacDonald (@BeccaMacDonald8) September 14, 2015
@solange_here I like my sexism to be bland & tangled up, like a phone cord from 85. Or maybe a little hallucinogenic but not dangerously so.
— emily nussbaum (@emilynussbaum) September 14, 2015
@VanityFair we did it, boys.
— Teresa Taiyi Lee (@leresatee) September 14, 2015
@ashleyxholcomb @VanityFair estrogen
— BleedingInk (@MyBleedingInk) September 14, 2015
Isn’t that Larry Wilmore? If I didn’t know who he was, I’d say that not only is this an all-male club, it’s an all-white, male one.
The thinking is that the presidency is the last glass ceiling a woman can break, but this tells me it’s really late night comedy shows.
Trevor Noah as well.
Conservatives won’t be bothered by the gender ratio, but they will be concerned that 30% of those jobs have been taken by foreigners. And yes, they are probably mostly left-leaning even if most of the shows are apolitical, but it was proven long ago that conservatives can’t do comedy. Making humorous observations about what’s going on the world requires a grasp on reality.
Yeah, SO completely and utterly white-dominated that the 2 blacks in the group only constitute a mere 8% more than in normal population.
Hispanics? Precisely as many as have been presidents.
Asians? By remarkable coincidence: ditto!
Gays? About as many as you’d expect on an NFL roster.