Women aren't funny

Zoe Williams likes Bridesmaids: how a chick flick won over a feminist.

‘I don't care that Bridesmaids features bridesmaids, nor that it is ultimately uncritical of the American nuptial hyper-consumption.’

She continues, 'My school friend said: "It's about getting married. Women, desperate to get married. What kind of a feminist are you?" I cannot deny any of this: the posters are right there on the sides of buses, five women, dressed in pink satin, propping up the glorious life-defining triumph of matrimony.

Nevertheless, this is the first film that has been made in my lifetime in which a woman is given a funny line. Since glorious Technicolor, pretty much, the idea of a woman with wit has been cinematic sacrilege. It's just so strange: the popularity of cinema exploded in some part due to screwball comedies, which were gender-blind in their joke distribution.' Read the whole of Zoe Williams' article at The Guardian>> Tweet