Not That Type of Funny Bone: Being a Woman in Comedy at UNC
By Ellie Rodriguez Hannah Jones’ dream for women in comedy is to one day be able to go up on stage and pretend to masturbate as a cisgender woman actually would, rather than the typical fake cis male jerking off on stage. Jones is the treasurer of False Profits—an improv, standup and sketch comedy group on campus— as well as one of the directors of Instruction for the Disciples, its incubator team. Women in mainstream comedy are becoming more noticeable. Amy Schumer’s “Trainwreck” was a huge summer hit, Tina Fey and Amy… Read More
More and more media coverage
In typical False Profits fashion, we keep the local media in business by supplying them with their daily dose of Profits. In all seriousness, we’re flattered that the news keeps being slow enough to have room to cover us. Thanks again Daily Tar Heel! http://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2014/02/student-comedy-troupe-false-profits-to-perform-for-second-time
MORE NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
In a nutshell, the Daily Tarheel loves us and keeps pushing us to sell issues (so we tell ourselves). Go check out our newest article — http://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2014/01/comedy-in-the-triangle-0110
The local media has taken notice of our show
We’re now in the paper! Go read the article in the DTH about us!!! *SPOILER ALERT* Now that we’ve been in the paper, that means we’re famous and you should come to our show this weekend. http://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2013/11/false-profits-online-1115