Sign Up You agree to receive occasional updates and special offers for The New York Times's products and services. Straight male comedians, bookers and club owners have always been the gatekeepers of upward mobility in stand-up, an industry where “women aren’t funny” was considered conventional wisdom until just a few years ago. The solution isn’t more solemn acknowledgments from powerful male comedians. The solution is putting people in positions of power who are not male, not straight, not cisgender, not white. There’s an old Louis C.K.

Source: New York Times November 15, 2017 00:22 UTC