“I was resentful of the lack of trust”, she says.
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“Everyone in the room was stunned by the detail and skill of her improv, the wild talent radiating off her (and I was personally intrigued by her breasts)”, Dunham writes.
“The other thing that I get really insane about is this new world in which women aren’t just supposed to be protected from actions, they’re supposed to be protected from language”, said Dunham.
Schumer and Dunham agreed that it’d be best to just forget about people like Metzger, who they deemed a mere “troll”, and focus on rapists, the only real bad guys.
Schumer now stars on her own Emmy-nominated Comedy Central sketch show, “Inside Amy Schumer”, which she cocreated, writes, and produces. “I’d be like, ‘I wonder how they are going to handle that.’ I get it”.
“I do understand that (Kurt’s actions) would come back to me”, she said. She said that Metzger is not now a writer on her show (because “Inside Amy Schumer” isn’t scheduled to come back anytime soon) and asked fans to “Please stop asking me about it”.
Schumer said she attended Obama’s January ceremony for executive orders to expand background checks, where she met with survivors of shootings and other gun control activists. Praising Schumer even more, Dunham makes it clear their love knows no bounds: “I would fellate the whole cast of Duck Dynasty if it meant keeping Amy safe, and I know she’d do the same for me (though neither of us want to AT ALL)”. “I might cry a little bit talking about it, but it is fine”, she added, remembering the two women. There’s a world of difference between a Cosby and a Metzger, sure, but caring about one doesn’t negate caring about the other; condemning public figures who harass women and perpetuate rape myths doesn’t take away work in rape prevention. Like, have I earned any good will with you guys? “Do you believe that I feel that rape victims should be shamed on the internet?'” “Have I built up any sort of good will?'”
Schumer also opened up about her reaction to the murders of Mayci Breaux and Jillian Johnson at a 2015 screening of her film “Trainwreck”.
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Schumer has become one of the most famous feminist comics tackling topics including sexual assault, such as her famous “Friday Night Lights” parody on her show, about a new high school football coach with one rule for his players: “No raping”. “I was like, I can’t go down the rabbit hole because it really fucking kills me for at least a week”.
