Tiffany Haddish Stepped in It Again.
The issue In an interview with Los Angeles Times reporter, Tre’Vell Anderson (7/20/2017), she said Bill Cosby was one of the comedians who inspired her, a...
Category: Cases and Current Events
This is the parent group for pop culture references. The sub-categories are based on how deep I’m reading between the lines. Comics Talking Shop is where they’re explicitly saying something about comedy. Comics in the News is where people are making statements about comedy by criticizing a comic’s act.
Mo Amer’s Honest Truths
Corinna Burford of Paste Magazine (7/21/2017), talks about the recent surge in Mo Amer’s career, about his recent appearance on The Late Show with Stephen...
On Honest Personas, Signifieds, Truths and Spaces
Mo’Nique, in an interview with Blake Hannon of Kentucky.com (7/20/2017), had a few things to say about her past and present on-stage persona that are rele...
Rory Scovel on Connecting to Smart Audiences
In an interview with Oxford American’s Jacob Rosenberg (7/18/2017), Rory Scovel talks a bit about his relation to the audience in some ways that are impor...
Jim Breuer and Ali Lerman are Insensitive
I’ll be honest again: I’m not a Jim Breuer fan. He’s one of those comics who just rubs me the wrong way. A big part of it is his hyper-masculi...
Kishori Sud on Free Speech in Indian Stand-Up
Kishori Sud of IANS, asked a number of Indian comics about free speech (7/16/2017), and their answers highlight an issue that pops up a lot, even here in Americ...
Aditi Mittal on the Postmodern, Stand-up’s Power and Free Speech
Some folks would say, don’t you study American stand-up? What’s with the stuff on these Indian and Pan-Asian comics? Stay in your lane! Well, I just...
Bill Maher and Fran Lebowitz on Comedy That Cuts Deep
In an interview with Philip Galanes of the New York Times (7/15/2017), Bill Maher and Fran Lebowitz talk a bit about Maher’s recent controversy, and enter...
Dawn Picken on Comedy and Laughter
Dawn Picken of the New Zealand Herald (7/21/2017), expresses a few common and scientific interpretations of comedy and laughter, but she also expresses a better...
Is Tiffany Haddish Serious?
Tre’vell Anderson of the Los Angeles Times is doing double duty with his interviews: two articles in the same day feature his interview with Tiffany Haddi...