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Judd Apatow liberates women from years of Jerry Lewis oppression

“Jerry Lewis once said that he didn’t think women were funny,” Apatow said while he and an army of other male liberators collected Bridesmaids’ Best Comedy trophy at last night’s Critics’ Choice Awards. “So I’d just like to say, with all respect, ‘Fuck you!’” As you can hear from the video of the speech, Apatow’s remarks were met with exuberant cheers, as, with those words, the powerful spell of Jerry Lewis’ glibly relayed opinion from over a decade ago was broken, and female comedians everywhere were finally free. Hours later, a bedraggled, malnourished Elayne Boosler stumbled blinking into the sunshine and asked to see the ocean.

Oh thanks Judd Apatow. Funny women couldn’t have done it without your support.

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   I… I don’t know how to feel. As much as it was a stupid ass stunt that sort of… personified mansplaining, I guess is the...

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   I think the movie The Help had a similar problem, in that some were praising it as a remarkable story of strong black...

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    Okay I don’t like Apatow and he’s a misogynist and I’m loathe to defend him, but it was like one line at an awards show...

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    *waits to see Apatow write a woman who isn’t shrill and hell-bent on ruining the Peter Pan fantasies of his male leads*

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    Loving the boo-apatow-snark

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