I love The Daily Show. They offer insightful (and often hilarious) commentary, especially their critiques of media hypocrisy.
BUT. The Daily Show is yet another example of media that is male-centered in its cast, crew, and content.
Here’s a remix from Rebellious Pixels.
From Rebellious Pixels’ description:
I am a fan of The Daily Show about 50% of the time but often find myself disappointed with the overwhelmingly male-centered style, jokes, segments and guests each night. Sure the occasional, strategically deployed, dick joke can be an effective tool for pointing out sexism or undermining homophobia but more often than not Jon Stewart and his team just use penis humor to get cheap laughs. I can’t help but feel that there are, in fact, just too many dicks on the dance floor.
The serious lack of women in on-screen or leading creative roles on The Daily Show and other late-night comedy shows has been well documented and discussed in recent years. But here’s a quick recap: Only 3 of the 12 regular correspondences/contributors on The Daily Show are women. Only 2 of the 16 writers are women. And so far barely 15% of the guests in 2011 have been women.
Be sure to read the entire description (and watch other remixes) here.
(And now that song is stuck in your head. You’re welcome.)