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outsidethebeltway.com - 26 days ago
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Nell Scovell , one of a handful of women who has ever worked as a comedy writer for David Letterman — or any of the late night comic talk shows — contends that an atmosphere of sexual harassment routinely exists on those shows:
Without naming names or digging up decades-old ...
vanityfair.com - 28 days ago
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vanityfair.com —
One of the few women ever to write
for Late Night with David Letterman, the author (a
longtime V.F. contributor) remembers a hostile, sexually charged atmosphere. What’s to be done? Start by breaking late night’s all-male gag order.
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Former Letterman Writer Reveals Sexist Frat Boy Culture at Late Night
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... seven female writers. These seven women have spent a total of 17 years on staff combined. By extrapolation, male writers have racked up a collective 378 years writing jokes for Dave. . See: Rachel Sklar: Nell Scovell Is My New Hero -- Nell Scovell has . . created the TV series Sabrina, the Teenage Witch and has written for Coach, Murphy Brown, Monk, N.C.I.S., Charmed, The Critic, The Simpsons and Newhart. Also see: Melissa McEwan, James Joyner and Ed Driscoll. ...
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