Why We Laugh: Funny Women

2013 "Personal, bold and extremely funny stories from the courageous women of comedy."

Why We Laugh: Funny Women

6.8 | 1h27m | en | Comedy

An uncensored look into the lives of the female stand-up comedian. Featuring interviews and live performance footage from some of today's most prominent female voices in stand-up comedy and entertainment, this revealing documentary sheds light on the legacy of the female comedian and the dedication, courage and passion that is required to be successful in the male dominated stand-up comedy business.

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Released: March. 21,2013 | Released Producted By: Codeblack Films , Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:

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Genre

Comedy , Documentary

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Cast

Joan Rivers , Kathy Griffin , Whoopi Goldberg , Kathy Najimy , Lily Tomlin , Aisha Tyler

Director

Kobi Zaig-Mendez

Producted By

Codeblack Films

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Joan Rivers

as Self

Joan Rivers at the BBC The Hall: Honoring the Greats of Stand-Up Parkinson at 50 Live at Mister Kelly's Mostly Ghostly: Have You Met My Ghoulfriend? Women Aren't Funny Why We Laugh: Funny Women Mel Brooks: Make a Noise Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley

Kathy Griffin

as Self

Kathy Griffin: My Life on the PTSD-List Unconventional Cursed Friends Hysterical Together in Pride: You Are Not Alone Women Behind Bars Kathy Griffin: A Hell of a Story Everybody Has an Andy Dick Story Being Canadian Eddie Murphy: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize

Whoopi Goldberg

as Self

Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk Leopardi & Co Ghost The 97th Academy Awards Babes Outlaw Posse Atrabilious Ezra Butterfly in the Sky Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

Kathy Najimy

as Self

Hocus Pocus 2 Stomach People Single All the Way Music What Happened, Brittany Murphy? In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover Mae West: Dirty Blonde The Rocketeer All You Can Eat Dumplin'

Lily Tomlin

as Self

Janis Ian: Breaking Silence The World According to Allee Willis An Unexpected Community Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution Moving On 80 for Brady Bella! Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love Still Working 9 to 5 Jane Fonda & Lily Tomlin: Ladies Night Live

Aisha Tyler

as Self

The Last Thing He Told Me Archer: Into the Cold How to Ruin the Holidays Criminal Minds Evolution Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution Pickled Criminal Minds: Evolution Untitled Horror Movie Speech & Debate Friendsgiving

Kobi Zaig-Mendez

Director of Photography

Bernard Gourley

Director

Spencer Averick

Editor

Candice Wilson

Associate Producer

Spencer Averick

Co-Producer

Jeff Clanagan

Executive Producer

Joan Rivers

Executive Producer

Quincy Newell

Producer

Sheila Ducksworth

Producer

Louis Paisley Hinton

Original Music Composer

Lev Berlak

Original Music Composer

Lev Berlak

Sound Designer

Richard Serrel

Sound Supervisor

Bambi Haggins

Screenplay

Quincy Newell

Story

Why We Laugh: Funny Women Audience Reviews

Titreenp SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?

Ploydsge just watch it!

ThedevilChoose When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

Phillida Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Mustang92 Holy Moly, what happened here? What the heck did these filmmakers do...? I'll tell you what they did. They took over 20 women comics -- some who are very funny -- and made them all BORING. Good God, how is that even possible?Clearly, the director is quite young in his career, or he lacks any real talent -- not sure which. Good documentaries are not 83 minutes of constant talking heads, one after another after another. Unless maybe it's PBS or the Science Channel or something. But even then, they usually break it up to some degree. Why oh why would the filmmakers here think they could have 83 minutes of people talking to an interviewer off camera?This is just plain shocking. And the questions being asked -- that we never hear, just cards coming up on screen re: subject being asked about -- are not the most interesting questions you could ask comics. Furthermore, the director apparently thinks we're stupid, because he'll have several of the comics say the exact same thing, one after another on whatever subject they were asked about. Hello?? You only need one person to say it.So the description on my screen before I watched this, said interviews and stand-up of these women comics. That's a lie. Out of 83 minutes, there is LESS than 2 minutes of stand-up in the entire film. Hey, Director: If you had cut in more stand-up throughout, it would have been a much more interesting film. You are supposed to entertain your audience, not bore them!So I actually watched through the end credits, because they show outtakes as the credits roll. And you know what? The outtakes were funny and MORE interesting than the rest of the film. So skip the film and just watch the outtakes at the end.

Dmayre An absolute gem of a find while I was channel surfing. Have it on the DVR and it will stay there for "In case of an emergency" laughter is needed. These women have brilliant minds, and give much insight as to the life of being a comic. Well done. If you're into stupid Jerry Lewis type humor, or if you find the sitcom 'Friends' hilarious, this isn't for you. I suspect most of the lower ratings posted for this program come from such individuals, and likely the opinion of the male gender. Many men are intimidated by an intelligent, witty woman. This fact included in a portion of this program. It's ranked as a 10 in my book! Hmmm, now this is site is stating I need to have a minimum of ten lines to post this comment. Yikes, now I have to come up with a bunch of filler garble to consume ten lines. Usually the opposite. "You have too many characters", so I will attempt to submit this one more time, and if it it's not accepted, I will have wasted 30 minutes of my time which could have been used productively, as I'm not going to consume a day in an attempt to share my thoughts and praise this production. Chances are pretty good no one will give a rat's behind anyway! Okay, here goes. I'm going in!