‘Sexism in the comedy industry?’: Twitterati furious to see panel of 5 men and just 1 woman

Addressing the grave matter with an intense discussion, film critic Anupama Chopra gathered a set of sex comedians — which included Tanmay Bhat, Kanan Gill, Aditi Mittal, Biswa Kalyan Rath, Vipul Goyal and Zakir Khan. When asked what is the reason for the gender disparity, the men had their own ideas about it.

Watch the video here.

Is there sexism in the comedy industry as well? The country’s top comedians @awryaditi, @HumorouslyVipul, @thetanmay, @kalyanrath opine – pic.twitter.com/dof0ad3ydf

— Film Companion (@FilmCompanion) May 23, 2017

While Goyal said that it is a deal between Amazon Prime and OML, and has nothing to do with the fact that there are women or men, Biswa added that it is “a situational outcome” and also owed it to “female comics not having an hour of material”. Meanwhile, Bhat agreed he would like to see comedians like Mittal and others on the platform. However, Mittal, who happened to be the only woman among them, shed light on the acute problems that women face while treading the path of turning into a stand-up comedian.

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Quick to retort on the grave matter, Twitterati pointed out how it was unfair that even the discussion was among five men and just one woman. Putting the spotlight on the glaring sexism in the comedy industry, a lot of people spilled their views on Twitter. Here are a few tweets:

If you want to know if there is sexism in an industry, start by having more than one female from that industry on your regular panel.

— Kaneez Surka (@kaneezsurka) May 29, 2017

No never we have no sexism in comedy we ain’t got time for that. What? Just one woman comic on this panel – so? SO?! https://t.co/2djIgfgrsr

— radhika vaz (@radvaz) May 29, 2017

This whole thing is deeply uncomfortable to watch. @awryaditi is barely allowed a word in by peers who say they’ll defer to her on the q. https://t.co/WNW4l6E5kv

— Slow Sho (@slowshobhna) May 29, 2017

99% jokes are sexist meant for a male audience. The bro before hoes code. Comedy long considered a man thing.

— Sanjukta Basu (@sanjukta) May 23, 2017

Lol why ask a boys club if it’s a boys club? Whrs @radvaz @MallikaDua @kaneezsurka @sumukhisuresh? Just *happened* to be this way? silly af

— Saumya Dadoo (@SaumyaDadoo) May 29, 2017

Absolutely dumb responses by some of the guys, almost saying we don’t really care, making for some delicious but sad irony

— Tdc (@best_humanbeing) May 29, 2017

also you could feed the agony in @awryaditi ‘s voice and expression, that there is sexism even in this most progressive industry

— Sudhanshu Singh (@sudansh) May 29, 2017

The funniest part of the clip is @thetanmay stuffing his face faster than words coming out of his mouth. The rest is just white noise.

— Cry Me Peacock Tears (@EndOffStory) May 29, 2017

least funny, most awkward discussion. Almost like a satire on mansplaining but real. “It’s not that bad but it’s bad” lmao.

— raju tai gandhi (@rajuness) May 30, 2017

Sigh!