Comedy Has a Diversity Problem

Take My Wife’s Cameron Esposito and Rhea Butcher Know How to Fix It.by Megan BurbankSee Cameron Esposito & Rhea Butcher at the Neptune Theatre, Thurs. Sept 21 at 8 pm.CHRISTOPHER POLK / GETTY IMAGES
In a sea of white-guy-does-stand-up shows, Rhea Butcher and Cameron Esposito’s SeeSo series Take My Wife has been a welcome deviation—and the best depiction of gender in comedy I’ve ever seen. For the comedy power couple, that’s by design.
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