Ejercicio 1.1 - Summary · Inglés PAU Galicia Extraordinaria 2021

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People are funny. These people can be men or women. They can be gay or straight or somewhere in between. They can be tall, small, fat, thin, standing up or sitting down, bearded, bald, black, brown, yellow and, of course, white. They come in all the glorious shapes and sizes that human life has to offer. Comedy is very simple. It's about telling people things and making them laugh. If you can connect with your audience, you're laughing, and hopefully they are too.

As in all walks of life, from politics to business, women comics are rising up the ranks – especially thanks to organisations such as Laughing Cows, which are brilliant at giving support and encouragement to female stand-up comics. But the question “Are women funny?” is still being asked, and as a result, a lot of comedy that people see is very male and very pale.

I’ve recently returned to comedy after a gap of about 10 years. It’s a comeback no one really wanted, to be honest – myself included – but I needed a job. And, a decade later, there are many more females writing, starring in and making TV, radio and film. But we still live in an age where men are thought of as the masters of humour. Women are allowed to be funny, but in controlled numbers.

Sexist cultural gender norms play a part in this. Humour can be very powerful, as it shows confidence and intelligence – and in our culture that is still the male role. All too often the message to women is sadly that being funny – or aggressive, bossy, ambitious or even nasty, still isn’t fitting. It is men who should be funny. Most men prefer a woman to be their audience, not their competition.

QUESTION 1

1.1.

Write a summary of the text in English, including the most important points, using your own words. (approximately 50 words; [0.75 points])