Former Comic: Louis C.K. Is Just the Latest Reason We Need More Women in Comedy

When I was 16, in what may or may not have been 1985, I attended a Jewish youth group ski weekend in Manchester, N.H. One night a group of dudes, which may or may not have included Adam Sandler, got some grapefruits and borrowed nightgowns and performed a sloppy, impromptu drag skit that brought down the house. As I laughed, I also thought this: Girls would have to work way harder to be received as that funny.