To laugh or not to laugh: the subjectivity of comedy
Graphic by Kash Patel A couple of weeks back, I went to see the film Easter Sunday I very quickly learned that this was a mistake Easter Sunday is a ”comedy” film starring...
How will the comedy industry rebound after the pandemic
Contributed image It should be no surprise to anyone that COVID-19 and nation-wide lockdowns have taken a massive toll on the global entertainment industry Movies are delayed,...
Everything SNL’s Bonjour Hi! got wrong
Saturday Night Live’s recent sketch Bonjour Hi! has the Québécois furious The sketch portrays cast members Bowen Yang and Kate McKinnon as French-Canadian news anchors and...
Borat’s sequel may well be the comedy of the year
Contributed image Who needs religion when you have Sasha Baron Cohen Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious...
The controversy and criticism around Bill Burr’s SNL monologue
Contributed image Bill Burr recently went on Saturday Night Live and delivered an opening monologue that has stirred up quite a bit of controversy Some have been praising...
Adam Sandler’s “Hubie Halloween”: Revenge for his Oscar snub
Contributed image A month before last year’s Oscar nominations were released, Adam Sandler joked on The Howard Stern Show that if the Academy snubbed him for his role in The...
Female comedic roles becoming more prominent in television
Move over men, women might just be funnier than you Female comedic leads in television are taking over and viewers seem to be pretty okay with it Netflix and Hulu have recently...
Are comedians our modern philosophers?
Can anyone who has not studied philosophy name any philosopher other than Plato, Aristotle, or Socrates And could those who do know them discuss the beliefs that those...
Heidecker and Hamburger disappoint at Starlight
Taking the time out to watch Tim Heidecker and Neil Hamburger was the only joke on my Thursday night.