Amy Schumer Mocks the Idea It's ‘Dangerous’ to Be a Comedian Right Now

Ever since Dave Chappelle got attacked on stage during a performance last year, people have apparently been asking Amy Schumer whether it’s a “dangerous” time for comedians.

“When they ask I’m like, ‘Yes, I’m on the front lines every night,’” the comedian jokes in her new Netflix stand-up special, Amy Schumer: Emergency Contact. But in reality? “Like, no,” Schumer says. “Not if you’re me... Maybe if you’re them, and you have this spry—my people are like me. We’re tired. Nobody’s tackling anybody. We’re all too tired.”

Emergency Contact is a mixed bag. One minute, Schumer is invoking (and, honestly, kind of whiffing on) Chappelle, and moments later, she’ll deliver a scathing punchline about our healthcare system’s utter lack of interest in conditions that affect only women. (“... But if your husband wants, we have chewable Viagra!) As she did in her 2020 Netflix documentary Expecting Amy, Schumer also discusses some of the complications she experienced during pregnancy.

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