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Aditi Mittal on the Postmodern, Stand-up’s Power and Free Speech

Posted on July 27, 2017 by nwilson

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...

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Bill Maher and Fran Lebowitz on Comedy That Cuts Deep

Posted on July 26, 2017 by nwilson

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...

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