I don't think the show would be funny to you if you didn't already have a base of information.
Samantha BeeThere's a very fine line between political comedian and activist, and I don't really think I fall over into the activist category.
Samantha BeeI think that my love of cooking grew out of my love of reading about cooking. When I was a kid, we had a bookcase in the kitchen filled with cookbooks. I would eat all my meals reading about meals I could have been having.
Samantha BeeIt's like you can't even go on the radio anymore and condemn a whole subset of people to hell without getting some blowback.
Samantha BeeI've talked to a lot of other women in the field of comedy and none of us feel like being a woman has been a barrier to success in our lives. I can't claim to feel like I've been under some man's thumb in comedy. I've sort of always done my own thing for better or worse, and have been lucky enough to be able to perform ever since. So I'm not surprised by all the articles, but I don't know if it's necessarily true. It's not like we haven't been around.
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