The Amy Schumer Moment (Or Era)
The world has been watching a lot of Amy Schumer lately.
I watched a video someone on Facebook shared, of her on the couch at Ellen and Ellen laughing so hard she was practically crying. It was when I read her speech at the Gloria Awards that I was hooked. Here is that speech.
I then proceeded to watch two seasons of Inside Amy Schumer practically back to back.
Yes, we’ve had shocking reality shows for awhile.
Yes, we’ve had female comedians pushing boundaries before.
I actually struggled to find a video clip for this blog. (The best ones are not so appropriate, but the one I have above gives you an idea of the style of the show.)
So why are we blogging about Amy Schumer besides the fact that she’s pretty, funny, smart, and someone who you’d clearly want to hang out with?
Inside Amy Schumer
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Amy Schumer has a clear brand.
Her comedy, if I could summarize it, is intelligent and slightly shocking feminism. From women’s role on late night comedy shows to actresses celebrating someone’s last #$%^able day, Amy has given herself enough room to be creative but enough of a clear message that it can come through in all her material.
Amy Schumer is honest.
In 2015, we are of the era that people should be real. We love untouched Instagram pictures, knowing someone’s tweets are actually coming from them. Amy Schumer feels authentic. You can tell that, while she probably has some savvy PR people helping out, she is true to what she wants to say and her fans love her for it.
Amy Schumer is talking about topics that are important to people.
Plenty of comedians, male and female, are funny, smart, and seem pretty honest but their messages don’t necessarily get as far because they aren’t trying to effect change. Amy Schumer’s messages are not only funny but a cultural commentary that has gotten people talking more about feminist topics like body image and discrimination in our culture.
Amy Schumer is leveraging video.
Video is increasingly popular as more people view the internet on their mobile devices. (Let’s face it, you may not watch a 10 minute comedy video at work but you will watch it lying on your couch with your phone.) Amy Schumer isn’t blogging but instead thoughtfully producing videos and using sites like Facebook and Twitter to get them to her followers. Pretty big change in peoples’ video watching habits in the last couple years, huh:
Original graph and more data here: http://www.data-charts.com/millennials-and-mobile-drive-us-online-video-consumption/
Anyway, whether you love or just like Amy Schumer, watch her online. She is owning in the internet in a way I think we all could learn a little something from, whether we would talk about our sex lives on stage or not.