
Documentary crew call: Are women less funny, and more sexist, than men?
Request for crew here.
'Contract type: Temporary
Controversial documentary feature film, Laughing with Women, seeks all crew - including researcher/presenters, camera-owner/operators and marketers - for the next phase of shooting - a four day experiment, to be filmed on the streets of central London, to measure which sex is the funnier, and which sex uses more sexist jokes about the other.
From similar pre-research, we expect to find that women's jokes are slightly less funny than men's, and massively more sexist - women typically calling men "pigs", "pervs", "weirdos", "idiots" or "helper dogs".
- just a joke?
Is sexist prejudice spread by laughter in particular?
Our findings will be edited into a short film, and used as part of a kickstarter campaign to raise further funds for future filmed experiments, to discover if people who laugh at sexist jokes then go on to physically discriminate against the joked about sex or not.
Is it possible to make really funny jokes about the other sex without being really sexist?
This project has already caused widespread controversy, and is not for the faint-hearted. If you have a genuine interest in and are truly motivated by gender equality work, and comedy, then consider applying.
Shooting dates: 5th and 6th April, and 12th and 13th April, 2014.
Please send your show-reels and CVs, along with a short paragraph or two explaining why you are interested in this subject - and precisely what you think you can offer.
Meanwhile, please follow @sexismbusters on twitter and youtube for all the latest.'
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