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Comedy
April 11, 2017
Lovia Gyarkye
The Comedic Genius of Netflix’s
Chewing Gum
The second season of this brilliant British comedy presents a refreshing interrogation of normality.
December 27, 2016
Alex Shephard
Carrie Fisher’s best recent work was on television.
December 7, 2016
Lisa Levy
We’re Living in the Joan Rivers Age of Comedy
How she carved a path in comedy and influenced the new generation.
September 20, 2016
Alex Shephard
Jimmy Fallon treated Hillary Clinton the exact same way he treated Donald Trump.
September 1, 2016
Alex Shephard
This is Joe Biden’s worst gaffe yet.
July 29, 2016
Alex Shephard
Democrats need to work on their impressions.
July 20, 2016
Will Leitch
Don’t Think Twice
: Say Yes to Distress
Mike Birbiglia directs this comedy about members of an improv troupe on the verge of making it big.
June 24, 2016
Alex Shephard
Forward with Britain into the next step. (Or, British comedy that almost, but not quite explains the Brexit.)
June 3, 2016
Alex Shephard
John Oliver has left “The Bugle,” the world’s best podcast.
May 21, 2016
Will Leitch
Neighbors 2:
Equal Opportunity Idiocy
The progressive themes of 'Sorority Rising' can't save this uninspired sequel.
May 20, 2016
Sarah Marshall
Welcome to Maria Bamford’s Neighborhood
In Netflix's 'Lady Dynamite,' Bamford mines comedy from mental illness.
March 10, 2016
Alex Shephard
David Wain and Michael Showalter have made the perfect 1970s movie trailer.
March 9, 2016
Alex Shephard
Remembering George Martin’s best non-Beatles production work.
March 8, 2016
Alex Shephard
Watch Stephen Colbert and Samantha Bee react to Donald Trump talking about his penis on national TV.
March 2, 2016
Gwyneth Kelly
The Daily Show
’s Super Tuesday tweets have been absolutely terrible.
March 1, 2016
Alex Shephard
Steve Martin did not want to do
The Tonight Show
with Jimmy Fallon.
February 26, 2016
Alex Shephard
Lindsey Graham’s got jokes.
February 10, 2016
Will Leitch
Zoolander 2
: The Return of Dumb and Dumber
Ben Stiller and company go through the paces without adding anything new to an iconic character.
February 9, 2016
Alex Shephard
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
is exactly what late night needs.
January 29, 2016
Alex Shephard
What if Donald Trump was a cockney geezer?
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