Tag Archive for: Bridesmaids

Wedding-themed comedy starring two SNL veterans takes the cake


It’s been called “The Hangover for girls,” but that falsely supposes two things. Primarily, it insinuates that female audiences are somehow incapable of fully enjoying or appreciating Todd Phillips’ 2009 morning-after comedy about a trio of friends trying to piece together the events of the previous night’s drunken bender of a bachelor party. But secondly, […]

Bridesmaids can help change female comedy


Tina Fey has taken over. With the release of her critically lauded memoir Bossypants, Fey has officially become the queen of comedy. Fey established herself as a comedic voice for women with her Saturday Night Live career beginning in 1997 and led to her being the show’s first female head writer. But it wasn’t until […]