Trevor Noah – The Critical Comic

Cases and Current Events/Comics in the News/Stand-Up Comedy

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 ...

Cases and Current Events/Comics in the News/Stand-Up Comedy

Dick Gregory Fought for Political Stand-Up

Posted on September 4, 2017 by nwilson

I’m a Dick Gregory fan; I saw him at the Kansas City Improv just a few months ago. I avoided interrupting my queue of topics just for his death (or Jerry...

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...