ABC comedy series White Fever highlights a type of racism that is nuanced and hard to detect, but is just as harmful to people of colour.
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The greater crimes in the show are committed by Darrien – yet these are not the show’s main pitch.
Stand-up comedy has always been autobiographical, but now a new generation of comedians are adapting their lives (or some version of it) into scripted series.
Expanding the circulation of our comedic content and continuing to invest in the production of stand-up specials — which is relatively low cost — could hugely boost the careers of Canadian comedians.
Larry David has called time on the misanthropic cult TV comedy classic after 12 seasons and 120 episodes.
Ever find bloopers funnier than the show? I research psychology, and here is the science behind your laughter.
With its occult themes, ’70s nostalgia and some AI controversy thrown into the mix, it’s easy to see why the film was a US box-office success.
This show has lots to say about the confusing time of life in your 30s, when some friends are settling down while others have just booked tickets for a pagan festival.
Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke’s odd-couple road movie caper shows just how far lesbian film has come in the last century.
I took my young son Heathcliff to the show, and his perspective helped me see it through a kid’s eyes.
Jokes can be a healing contagion as they expose hypocrisy, spark laughter and open minds.
Climate scientist Mark Maslin pairs up with comedian Jo Brand to explain the urgency of the climate crisis. Together, they find that humour cuts through in ways that plain facts just can’t.
The show has served as the nation’s laugh track for decades. Who will take over when he retires?
In The Dreamer, Chapelle laughs at disability, bisexuality and gay men. But his jokes continue to come back to one target: the transgender community.
The death of Matthew Perry has seen old and new fans reflect on the legacy of a television classic.
Written by comedian Harry Hill, it’s a hectic hour-and-a-half of high-energy songs and skits.
The jokes, memes and skits came thick and fast – but behind the humor were serious points.
The court would laugh at rather than with the fool.
I’ve researched women’s experience of the UK comedy circuit for ten years – this is what I’ve learned.
Kieran Hurley’s new play treads the familiar debate of millennial precarity versus boomer affluence with verve and insight.
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