Amy Schumer Tackles Legal Classic

Does Amy Schumer give men a reasonable chub? 12 Angry Men answer the question of our generation.

I know that my love for Amy Schumer is well documented, but she is really nailing it in season 3. We’re only 3 episodes in and between “Last F**ckable Day,”  “Football Town Nights,” and “Girl, You Don’t Need MakeupInside Amy Schumer has become a master class in blending biting social commentary with actual laugh out loud moments.

For this week’s episode the show veers off of it’s standard M.O. of short, cute and viral-able sketches and tackles a long form parody. The inspiration is the legal classic, 12 Angry Men, and she’s assembled a stellar cast — including Paul Giamatti, Jeff Goldblum, John Hawkes, and Vincent Kartheiserto — as the jury debating whether Amy Schumer is hot enough to be on television. Genius.

Vanity Fair reports on exactly where the idea for the episode came from:

The inspiration for Tuesday’s episode, however, stemmed from one particular conversation she overheard.

“I was at a party and these guys were talking about Michelle Williams, and they were like, ‘Yeah I don’t think she is hot actually.’ First of all, these guys like don’t have jobs and are physically nothing to write home about. Michelle Williams is obviously fucking gorgeous and an incredible actress. These guys would be so lucky to even get to have a conversation with her but they were like really deliberating over whether or not they would fuck her. And I was like, ‘You know what, that scenario is never going to present itself, you guys.’ But that word ‘deliberation’ is what made me think, ‘What is the ultimate deliberation? An actual jury deliberating. And I love the movie 12 Angry Men.”

You should take the time to watch the full episode, but in the meanwhile, check out the clip below. It’s a great take on the machinations of a jury room, only in this world they’re discussing whether Amy gives men a “reasonable chub.”

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