Not a Fan

I read today that Amy Schumer's memoir (that she was paid a $9 million advance for) isn't selling well. Okay. I can't figure out why Simon & Schuster thought it was a good idea to pay Schumer a $9 million advance for her memoir. Whoever approved that contract should have been fired. I understand celebrities being paid crazy money to "write" books (how much are the ghostwriters paid?), but I don't understand giving someone like Schumer (who isn't exactly a household name) $9 million. Frankly, I don't think anyone should be paid a $9 million advance. That's just crazy. I'm not a fan of Schumer (as I'm sure you can tell) nor am I a fan of her comedic brethren Lena Dunham, Tina Fey, or Amy Poehler. (Ugh to all of these chicks.) I just don't care for their brand of humor that, while attempting to be self-deprecating, often seems to put other people down. Whenever I watched 30 Rock (and there are some episodes I enjoyed), I often felt like the joke was on me. There was an air of superiority from the writers that I didn't like. I'm not blaming Fey for that because she wasn't the sole writer for the show, but she helps to perpetuate that kind of snotty, "I'm smarter than you are" brand of humor that chicks like Schumer et al promote and run with. This isn't a gender thing either. There are some male comedians I don't care for either (I'm looking at you, Louis CK, Trevor Noah, Marc Maron).