The reigning queen of comedy is at it again. After debuting her third season of Inside Amy Schumer and performing a hilarious send-up of booty anthems, last night Amy Schumer took sharp aim at “self-esteem boosting” boy band anthems with a One Direction sound-alike titled “Girl You Don’t Need Makeup.”
The hilarious video visits the tropes of all those obnoxious music videos that tell girls they’re “naturally beautiful” while obviously reinforcing less than natural beauty standards. In the sketch, a boy band surrounds Schumer and urges her to take off her makeup, but once she fully removes it, there’s a twist. Whoops, they misspoke. Maybe just a touch of mascara, the boys urge. You know, so she can be recognizably female.
The sketch is a pitch-perfect critique of these ridiculous “feel-good” tunes. But what’s even more feel-good? Schumer took to Twitter and encouraged fans to post selfies with the #GirlYouDontNeedMakeup hashtag and has been retweeting the results.
https://twitter.com/amyschumer/status/593234407449694208
Here are some of the happy fans Schumer has retweeted so far:
https://twitter.com/CallMeJeanBee/status/593249357807378432
https://twitter.com/hithanhmai/status/593258520394403840
@amyschumer Me and my 92 yrs young Grandma, out on the town. #girlyoudontneedmakeup pic.twitter.com/mB3jBdQovF
— Jen Britton (@jenniferbritton) April 29, 2015
https://twitter.com/aavihaas/status/593249196662136833
Screengrab via Inside Amy Schumer/Comedy Central