Jim Gaffigan says comedy audiences are tired of political drama and just want to laugh again

Comedian Jim Gaffigan explained to Variety on Thursday why he avoids politics in his stand-up routines, saying audiences want ...

Maria Bamford’s aggressively intimate humour forces discomfort during politically turbulent times

Like everything these days, comedy has a weird relationship to the truth. Stand-up comedians tend to operate under the pretense that what they’re telling us is real, or at least based in fact. Bamford ...
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I’m Not A Comedian… I’m Lenny Bruce explores all complex sides of a trailblazing American icon

Ronnie Marmo in I’m Not A Comedian… I’m Lenny Bruce, which he describes as "the funniest tragedy you’ll ever see". As much as Ronnie Marmo wishes things were different, he’s well aware that America’s ...