She’s one of the most gaspinducing comedians America has ever seen; Hollywood’s most risqué female hire.
She’ll riff off anything – particularly if she can point out gender hypocrisy along the way. Her Comedy Central series, Inside Amy Schumer, relentlessly exposes deep-rooted misogyny thanks to infamous sketches like Las **kable Day, where actresses commemorate the end of their Hollywood shelf life because they’re no longer, well you get the drift, and her parody of 12 Angry Men featuring an all-male jury debating whether Schumer is attractive enough to be on TV.
In Amy, we had a new feminist icon; feisty, intelligent, outspoken – hilarious. Then, with her last film, eel Pretty, all that positivity seemingly evaporated overnight.