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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.

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Rosie O’Donnell: There’s No There, There

Posted on July 23, 2017 by nwilson

Rosie O’Donnell’s in the news for a Tweet in which she promotes an online game, “Push Trump Off A Cliff Again.”  At first glance, it see...

Cases and Current Events/Comics Talking Shop/Stand Up Comedy

Mike Birbiglia on Getting Personal

Posted on July 22, 2017 by nwilson

Mike Birbiglia spoke to Bill Brownstein of the Montreal Gazette (7/14/2017) about getting personal. Getting personal is crucial in comedy. I feel that we’re liv...

Cases and Current Events/Comics Talking Shop/Stand Up Comedy

Ron White on Entertaining

Posted on July 21, 2017 by nwilson

Just a quick one, so I’ll pair it with another “theory-theory” piece. In an interview with Robert DiGiacomo of Atlanticcityweekly.com (7/18/20...

Cases and Current Events/Comics Talking Shop/Stand Up Comedy

Lynne Parker and Comic Frames

Posted on July 20, 2017 by nwilson

In an interview with Hannah Williams of Backstage.com (7/13/2017), producer Lynne Parker says a few interesting things about stand-up and humor more generally. ...

Cases and Current Events/Comics Talking Shop/Stand Up Comedy

Elahe Izadi on the Benefits and Evils of Technology

Posted on July 19, 2017 by nwilson

When I teach courses on media theory, I like to point out that whenever a new technology appears, there are some that hail it as the thing that will finally spa...

Comics Talking Shop

Elahe Izadi on the Current Stand-Up Comedy Boom

Posted on July 18, 2017 by nwilson

Elahe Izadi, in an article for the Washington Post (7/13/2017), talks about the current “stand-up comedy boom.” Never before has so much original ma...

Comics Talking Shop

Ricky Gervais on Provoking Thought

Posted on July 17, 2017 by nwilson

In an interview with Larry Fitzmaurice of Vice.com (7/12/2017), Ricky Gervais has a lot to say about comedy and even people. All the same? Gervais says that his...

Comics Talking Shop

Joe Stapleton on Spontaneity and Hecklers

Posted on July 16, 2017 by nwilson

In an interview with Paul Seaton of Pokernews.com (7/10/2017), Joe Stapleton had several things to say about stand-up: It’s rehearsed On Spontaneity in st...

Comics Talking Shop/Theories About Comics

Update: James Davis’ Interview with StarTribune.com

Posted on July 15, 2017 by nwilson

On reading the interview, I made some updates to Intentionality – where I talk about the idea that comics are first and foremost trying to get a laugh on-...

Cases and Current Events/Comics Talking Shop/Stand Up Comedy

Misch on Personas, Truth and Ethics

Posted on July 14, 2017 by nwilson

In his article for Splitsider.com (7/6/2017), comic, critic, writer and teacher David Misch notes that there is an idea (held by at least one professional criti...

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