On Someone Got 'The Daily Show' in My Jezebel and Together They Taste A Little Weird
I wouldn't want TDS to purposely book female guests any more than I would want them to purposely avoid booking female guests.
By the way, did you see Julianne Moore on The Daily Show last night? She was so funny. I just love her.
Posted on July 7, 2010 at 8:05 pm
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On Someone Got 'The Daily Show' in My Jezebel and Together They Taste A Little Weird
I think what everyone (especially Michelle Dean and Jezebel)is forgetting in their criticism of The Daily Show and its diversity level is that shows like TDS rely upon crops of unpaid interns to find people to hire on as full time staffers. And who has the time and means to live in New York City with a full time job but no income? The answer, of course, is people of means. And sadly, people of means in this country are still more often white and male. Any criticism of TDS's staff makeup should be directed to the larger culture, and not just TDS.
And frankly, 40% female is pretty impressive, especially compared to everywhere I've worked (well, except Red Lobster).