Have you ever noticed how female comediennes are treated on film or on TV? Have you ever noticed how cheap their roles are or how sexy they appear?
There are two types of female comediennes: theres the "nonphysically gifted" type and the "physically gifted type".
The 1st type are the likes of Whitney Tyson, Dang Cruz, Beverly Salviejo, Joy Viado, Malou de Guzman etc. If you dont know them... well they are the ones who usually takes the role of the maid or the yaya. They are the ones who are constantly insulted or slapped on the head or whatever.Have they ever been given credit on TV. I guess outside of the production curtain, they are. But we see them having cheap insulting roles on TV. I am not saying that being a housekeeper or a maid is not a respectable job. But what I am trying to convey is that they should not be treated harshly on TV. It somehow reflect on how society views this particular working class. And it shows how cruel man can be to people who or not physically gifted. It is not right that we laugh about how fat a person is, or how dark Whitney Tyson is or how (sorry for the term) ugly Beverly is.
It is rare that we see these non physically gifted comediennes as the Dona or as the lead actress. I believe it was such luck that AiAi Delas Alas came to arise as the comedy queen (a title she truly deserves). These women are still people and should be treated with much care and respect.
Then now arises the physically gifted female comediennes. The likes of Dianna Zubiri, Maureen Larazabal, Iza Ignacio, rica Peralejo etc. I guess this started with Carmi Martin. Yes they are dreamt about by a lot of men. But if you look at it differently, they are, in a way, exploited on TV. They wear very skimpy clothes. They actually do not have great punchlines but they are constantly watched because of their physical attributes. How come they could not wear less sexy clothes and still be laughable? How come they are not given great punch lines?
I have yet to see the day when the comedy world will have a lot of Aiai Delas Alas. I have yet to see the day when we could laugh with Maureen Larazabal without noticing how nice her breasts are?
Everything we see on sitcoms is somehow a reflection of how society views the female form.Just a thought guys. Think about it.
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