- Joined
- Nov 8, 2016
It's easy to say she slept her way there (given her material, it's not a novel concept), or that she's cruising on sex appeal.
I prefer a more pragmatic view: she has a good agent, and she's being marketed as a talent that speaks to the crowd that hates Trump, worships social justice, and feels guilty about sexism. The fact that her material isn't funny doesn't matter, she offers them a way to laugh at/with the fat girl talking about sex, without the danger of being seen as misogynist or slut-shaming. Producers think this brand of talent is going to be very marketable in the future, and so Amy Schumer is being pushed into TV specials and Barbie movies in anticipation of her being a hot commodity-- despite the fact that (I think) no one is actually asking for this.
Sometimes, you can just feel when a new talent is being shoved into our faces by force of pure marketing. Sometimes it works. Most times, people ultimately reject them.
Also, her uncle's a senator.
An asshole senator.