This won’t be news to a lot of you — I’m a little late getting to it — but our old pal Tom Martin, the repulsive British MRA celebrity, is actually going ahead with the somewhat baffling video “women and comedy” project he was babbling about in the comments here many months ago, when he was still allowed to comment here. Well, “actually going ahead with it” this August if he can get anyone else to agree to work for him for free minimum wage.
The documentary project is called “Laughing with Women” and, Martin explains, it will “investigat[e] if gold-digging impairs women’s joke-making ability, and if, when women reject gold-digging in all its forms, they can become instantly funnier.”
In case that didn’t make sense to you — don’t worry, that’s a completely natural reaction — Tom explains his, er, “logic” a bit further in a jobs listing he’s posted in hopes of finding a crew, which has already gotten a good deal of ridicule over at PZ Myers’ and on at least one comedy website.
Why are women, on average, slightly less funny than men? Does gold-digging in particular impede women’s joke-making ability? When women publicly reject gold-digging, do they become as funny, or even funnier than men?
In his numerous visits to Man Boobz, Martin expounded at length on the topic of gold-digging women, generally referring to them by his preferred term, the shorter and blunter “whores.” Martin has previously estimated that roughly 97% of women fit this description, and has suggested that female penguins are also whores. Frankly, once he gets going on the topic, it’s hard to shut him up, which is partly why he’s no longer welcome in the comments here.
In any case, this odd hypothesis will be tested, Martin says, with a “radical, and revealing street-based social experiment.”
Still puzzled? Mike Booth, the British video comedian behind SomeGreyBloke and Dan Cardamon, has managed to tease out a few more details from Martin (posting here as sexismBusters):
Martin is confident that his proposed video will blow the lid off this whole “women and gold-digging and comedy, no really, they’re connected” thing:
If the radical, and revealing street-based social experiment at the centre of our documentary proves gold-digging does make women less funny (as pre-production research suggests) then our findings will make headlines around the world, our film’s two minute teaser trailer attached to all those news and blog articles (Update: this advert alone has already been blogged and tweeted about by outraged PC types).
The full documentary will be shot to a broadcast-quality standard and format, giving mainstream television companies worldwide the opportunity to purchase broadcasting rights (if they’re feeling brave enough) whilst we maintain a virtually guaranteed revenue stream from our already established hardcore of supporters and fans within the non PC gender equality field around the world, who, along with everyone else, will be able to enjoy Laughing with Women on newly launched pay-per-view channel, Vimeo on Demand (VoD) – where VoD itself takes a very modest 10% cut. The documentary has the potential to be translated into several languages – gold-digging a familiar if hidden story in every country, until now.
In other words, it sounds like some sort of video gold mine.
So I’d recommend that all gold-digging women out there try to get in on the ground floor of this Tom Martin dude.
Oh, and speaking of Dan Cardamon, here’s the faux MRA’s take on the project:
CORRECTION: This post originally stated that Martin wouldnt’ be paying his crew, but he says he will be paying them minimum wage, so I’ve corrected the relevant passage above.
EDITED TO ADD: Tom has shown up in the comments, and I’m letting his comments through (for now at least), so if you have any questions for him, feel free to head to the comments to address him directly.
Hey, it’s BigMomma! How are you doing? I saw your cute kitties on the other thread, and hope your kids feel better soon.
Wow, I’ve got get in on this action! How incredibly obtuse this man is. I know it’s mean but I really really want this to happen so we can all enjoy the massive fail. Schadenfreude is a bit of a weakness of mine ;-).
I can see I now, men in silly purple hats wandering around asking attractive women to tell a joke or else. Followed by the “I’m a really rich dude and you should f..k me” line. Then the inevitable harassment into telling another joke. Followed by a. Restraining order.
Yeah, his comment in this thread sounds like he’s doing a Poe – but then what sort of person would make the “johns are the victims of child prostitutes” claims he did? Doing that for the lulz is as repulsive as believing it, though at least it doesn’t carry the implications of someone who seriously defends pedophiles.
Ps, do you think he’ll have a budget for super comfy chairs for all the male crew?
She may look adorable, but it’s only a matter of time before she asks him to sit on a Misandry Chair.
Don’t let her charms deceive you, Mr. Penguin!
Also, I now want to see a penguin try to sit on a chair like a human.
hey, cloudiah, thanks, kids have made a miracle recovery but I’m stuck indoors with them. Hence I have time to post on Manboobz, rather than just scrambling to keep up with the comments.
@Kitteh, I know. Sometimes when I describe him as entertaining, I remember that whole child prostitute screed and it makes me feel a little nauseous. I just struggle to believe that he believes the garbage that comes out his mouth because it is such far-fetched tripe.
Aaliyah, I know it’s not exactly what you wanted, but I kinda want this chair now.
Yeah, it’s hard to believe anyone can believe the rubbish this guy espouses.
Still, he’s contributed to the creation of one worthwhile thing in his life: Pierre!
That chair’s gorgeous! 😀
Comparing the humor levels (assuming that is possible) of amateurs off the street to the humor levels of a prepared presenter are not nearly the same.
I’ve done improv and is it certainly possible to “can” a skit and memorize it. Even if you’re presenting practiced material as improv, you will still have the opportunity to prepare.
This isn’t in the same country as a double-blind study.
Tom says his improv will not be as funny as his witty internet comments. Has he made any witty internet comments?
Unintentionally funny, yes; witty, no.
How’s the weather up north? It’s bucketing down in southern Vic.
@Cloudiah
Looks comfy to me! And better yet it’s not misandric at all.
But it must be misandric – I mean, PENGUIN!
Tom Martin being witty is like The Amazing Atheist being a kind, tolerant human being.
I went looking for a penguin in a chair and found this cat.
Tom, learn the difference between laughing at you and with you. Because damn are you hilarious in all the wrong ways. And just plain learn to detect humor, like, oh, how we all find the penguin thing completely hysterical.
@Argenti
You found an image of a cat while trying to find images of penguins?
Google is clearly being hijacked by shrewd felinazis. Run before it’s too late!
@Kitteh, beautifully sunny! view from our beach walk yesterday
@BigMomma
Where is that? It looks gorgeous.
it’s in rural, coastal New South Wales, a place called Brooms Head. We live near by and spend a LOT of time there, camping and day visits. It is beautiful, isn’t it? Sometimes I am just blown away by how lucky we are to live here
CriticalDragon, glad you were able to get past the wordpress snafus that kept you from posting here. WordPress is a bit wonky that way sometimes, as various commenters here have also discovered.
Wow, beautiful, BigMomma! Looks like it was a perfect winter day up there.
It’s improved here – looking out the window it’s pale grey instead of dark grey. 😛
Felinazis, lol!
And printer kitty, eeeeeeeeee!
Now, I’m confused. I cannot begin to understand where he got the idea for his premise. Even if I humor him and pretend that “gold digging” is really that widespread, what does it have to do with being funny? The two seem completely unrelated.
Also, I wonder if he’ll let any Manboobzers work on the project. I think we should do it just to make it as hilariously bad as possible. And we even get paid for it.
David,
No, the pay won’t be deferred particularly. Each person will just have to finish their job before getting paid cash (no waiting months for the check as on big film shoots).
The nice thing about this project is, we’ll be shooting the experiment first, over seven days or so depending, starting August 1st, and if we get the revolutionary dynamite footage I expect (as the pre-production research I’ve already done suggests we MIGHT), then it will be quite affordable to present those rushes in a trailer to investors, executive producers, journalists and bloggers – the value of the experiment’s findings and entertainment value dictating the budget and scale of the rest of the documentary around the experiment.
I need a researcher/co-presenter, with a social science and or comedy/performance background, who can crunch data. A proper feminist, interested in greater equality of outcome, like me. A stubborn victim-feminist, whatever… interested in maximizing women’s humour levels. Either that, or an unrepentant gold-digger would be quite amusing too. There are high-functioning gold-diggers. If you want to be their official ambassador, step up!
The documentary is called Laughing with Women. People can follow its progress by subscribing to sexismbusters for the time being, on youtube and twitter.
When I get a Producer of Marketing and Distribution (PMD) on board there may be a rebranding etc, but stuff will still be going on sexismbusters as well (gold-digging is sexism after all).
I’ve had a handful of applications from PMDs – but not enough, as they usually expect PR rates up front, and I can’t afford that.at this pre-experiment shoot phase – but I should have a PMD now, so I can focus elsewhere whilst they nurture the fanbase – so if you want to be the one to take a gamble, and are ready to get this rolling in the mainstream media now, then email me for a chat. The PMD is the real business partner (on commission). If you are a PMD or could be, and realize it’s not normal for a low-budget film crew call to be blogged, vlogged and tweeted about, with 95% hatred, whilst receiving 379 applications in the first 5 days, indicating this project’s potential to grab attention and keep it, then get in touch.