Olivia Munn: "Walk it off, bitch, walk it off"

http://www.hollywoodlife.com/2010/06/24/olivia-munn-daily-show-women-comedy-central-g4-attack-of-the-show/

In the linked post, Olivia Munn talks about her new "Senior Asian Correspondent" gig on the Daily Show, and on how (I'm paraphrasing her own words, so if it reads kind of stupid, well...) she's out there, trying to make it, like everyone else, and that people who say that she got her job because she's a woman are setting women back by insisting on dividing humanity into "man" and "woman". Munn says that when she's competing for jobs, she doesn't think about being a woman, just about being recognized for her work. She tells bloggers who would question the connection between her gender and her career to "turn off the computer, take the sandwich out of her mouth, and go outside for a walk. Just walk it off, bitch, walk it off."

I've seen Olivia Munn on Attack of the Show, and she's kind of funny in a geeky smart way. I've seen her, on AOTS, dressed as Wonder Woman, in a bikini, and in some kind of mud wrestling match, in addition to reporting on the latest video games. I have to say, I've never seen her cohost on AOTS, Kevin Pereira, doing skimpily dressed segments. Olivia Munn, though not super famous, has a pretty high profile out there in the 18-35 male demographic that Attack of the Show targets, as evidenced by her presence on dude blogs such as this post:

Olivia Munn Does FHM
And this post:
olivia munn is a good model
And this post:
Hot Woman Jumps Into Giant Pie

These photo shoots and segments are obviously part of Munn's brand building, and I guess what one notices is that her brand is built on something very specific. No, not her tech savvy...no, not her goofy humor...no, what is it? Oh yeah, the fact that she's cheesecake.

Despite Olivia's pin-up portfolio, I don't think that she got her gig on the Daily Show because she's a woman. I think she got it because she's Olivia Munn, who has a big following among the 18-35 year old males that happen to be Daily Show's core audience. Since her job is as the DS senior Asian correspondent, I wonder if she was up against the hilarious Bobby Lee (from Harold and Kumar, the overeager Korean student). And, I just watched her DS segment, and it was about her being part Vietnamese and being maybe but maybe not the new hot "newsbunny". So, she didn't get the gig because she's a woman, but maybe because she's a part Asian woman, I guess. Either way, it's about aspects of her identity that are easily appraised by the naked eye, so far. So maybe Olivia Munn needs to settle down about her humanity being divided.

And a final thing, I think it's interesting that her response to criticism is to tell female bloggers to take the sandwich out of their mouths, because her haters must be fat and unattractive. Way to not set women back, Olivia! Go you!