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Megan Garber on Comics as Public Intellectuals

Posted on August 4, 2017 by nwilson

This one’s an oldie, but I came across it in some research recently, and it needs to be in this discussion. Megan Garber, in an article for The Atlantic (...

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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...

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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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David Misch on Five Jokes

Posted on July 13, 2017 by nwilson

In his article for Splitsider.com (7/6/2017), comic, critic, writer and teacher David Misch brings up five jokes to make a point about authenticity in comedy: L...

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Persona

Posted on June 22, 2017 by nwilson

I’ve already written a bit on the documentary, Dying Laughing, but there’s a lot more to say there [plus, I transcribed quite a bit of stuff, so I&#...

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Are Audiences Dying Laughing?

Posted on June 18, 2017 by nwilson

Audience Metaphors There’s a lot going on in the series of interviews masquerading as a documentary, Dying Laughing.  However, I’d like to start with one I’ve b...

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