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
