# Do you find Amy Schumer amusing? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 7, 2016, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-amy-schumer-amusing/751496 "2016-04-07T20:37:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2016, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-amy-schumer-amusing/751496/81 "2016-04-09T14:58:48Z")
For the most part - yes. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2016, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-amy-schumer-amusing/751496/82 "2016-04-09T15:12:18Z")
> [@somepumpkin](#): > > I think her comedy is cheap, easy, common-denominator crap that takes no intellect to appreciate. The fact that some find her cute just helps her sell that drivel. I change the channel if she’s on it. > [@Ají de Gallina](#): > > Nope. > Generic female comedian that thinks talking about sex a lot substitutes being funny. These. She feels overexposed, in a flavor of the month kind of way. I’d take her over Rebel Wilson and Melissa McCarthy any day though. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2016, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-amy-schumer-amusing/751496/83 "2016-04-09T21:23:53Z")
Not in the least. It’s the same old, same old over and over. “I’m fat.” “I’m drunk.” “I’m a slut.” And not one of the jokes funny. I think the deal is that people are supposed to be shocked by how frank she is and this somehow triggers laughter in some people. But if you aren’t shocked by it or don’t laugh when shocked, you don’t see why she is considered a comic. ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2016, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-amy-schumer-amusing/751496/84 "2016-04-10T00:16:35Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Not in the least. It’s the same old, same old over and over. “I’m fat.” “I’m drunk.” “I’m a slut.” > . Cite? Because what has been linked to in the thread says otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2016, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-amy-schumer-amusing/751496/85 "2016-04-10T21:02:00Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Due to the fact that I hear comics being themselves on radio shows and podcasts more than their standup it gives me a different perspective. While being herself Iliza is kind of boring and not very funny. Amy Schumer is incredibly quick and funny while being herself in conversation. That might come from being a Comedy Cellar regular where if you can’t hold your own with other comics you get eaten alive. I was disappointed with her ep of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. Maybe it wasn’t the right vehicle (heh) for her – to me she came across very quiet and not quick-witted on that one. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2016, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-amy-schumer-amusing/751496/86 "2016-04-10T22:19:59Z")
> [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](#): > > Nope. > Generic female comedian that thinks talking about sex a lot substitutes being funny. > > She’s not bad, just meh. This. Compare, say, to Jerry Seinfeld, Woody Allen, or George Carlin, who actually have/had observational substance. Yes, some of it is good, and I’ve watched some of her standup, but a lot of it is like the stuff Beavis & Butthead would giggle at. Carlin was notable for his constant use of profanity, but that was like decoration on top of astute observational humor. Too much of Schumer’s humor is supposed to be funny just because it’s risque. But I’ll still cut her some slack – good standup is hard to do and there’s enough real humor there to usually make it worth a casual watch. > [@Bone](#): > > I stopped watching Trainwreck about 1 hour in. It was terribly unfunny. So did I. Not sure I even gave it an hour. > [@gigi](#): > > I was disappointed with her ep of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. Maybe it wasn’t the right vehicle (heh) for her – to me she came across very quiet and not quick-witted on that one. There may have been more than one, but in the one I saw, she was being typically outrageous with her sexual commentary. Which is neither bad nor good, it just seems to be her schtick, and is not particularly funny or entertaining in itself. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-amy-schumer-amusing/751496.md?page=4)