'Funny Females' show makes serious statement

Susan Alexander, creator and host of "5 Funny Females," is too young to remember a time when the glass ceiling in stand-up comedy was incredibly low. In her five years in comedy, she has not faced the same challenges that Phyllis Diller or Lily Tomlin faced decades ago or even the problems Janeane Garofalo once described about the club scene ... (Full article: 584 words)

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