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Jay Willis on the Limits of Humor in Politics

Posted on September 16, 2017 by nwilson

I write a lot here on the value of addressing political ideas through humor, it’s pretty much the sole purpose of this blog.  Well, GQ‘s Jay Willis ...

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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...

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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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Can Comedy Be Serious?

Posted on July 10, 2017 by nwilson

Philip Stamato of Splitsider.com, talking about late night comedy (6/28/2017) pretty much nails the premise of my humor projects: It seems like nobody can agree...

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