Opinion: Comedians Should Not Be Attractive, Writes Comedian Amy Annette
A Guardian opinion piece argues that funny people should be exempt from society's beauty standards.
Comedian Amy Annette writes in The Guardian that attractive comedians violate a natural order, arguing that humor evolved as a trait for less conventionally attractive people to attract partners. She distinguishes between "beauty," which she says can be found in anyone, and "hotness," which she defines as conforming to and winning at society's beauty norms.
Annette uses personal anecdote to illustrate her point, describing the effort required to meet conventional attractiveness standards and suggesting that comedians should be exempt from such expectations. The piece is presented as opinion and does not cite scientific evidence for the evolutionary claim made.
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- The hill I will die on: Comedians should not be hot | Amy Annette — The Guardian — Opinion
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