Carol Burnett is a bonafide feminist hero. She rose up at the helm of her own variety show decades before the question of whether women are funny was somehow a thing. While her brand of humor never contained explicitly activist messages, the very fact of her presence during the women's lib movement, of performing each night as the first female host of a comedy variety show, was a feminist act -- whether she realizes it or not. “You know, Carol, variety is a man’s game," CBS told her at the ...
Carol Burnett Is A Feminist Hero Whether She Knows It Or Not
The Huffington Post - 22 Sep 2015 21:13
Carol Burnett is a bonafide feminist hero. She rose up at the helm of her own variety show decades before the question of whether women are funny was somehow a thing. While her brand of humor never contained explicitly activist messages, the very fact of her presence during the women's lib movement, of performing each night as the first female host of a comedy variety show, was a feminist act -- whether she realizes it or not. “You know, Carol, variety is a man’s game," CBS told her at the ...
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