Cinema’s clash of the classes paints a frightening portrait of a status-obsessed society. From rags-to-riches stories of the self-made man portrayed in movies such as “The Wolf of Wall Street” to ...

Black American novelists, filmmakers and other writers are using comedy to reveal — and combat — our era’s disturbing political realities. By Adam Bradley LAST SPRING, DURING the Broadway revival of ...

"When people leave here, they can't believe the show was in Hanover, where the place across the street is called the Famous Hot Wiener," said Jim Bryan, owner and standup comedian at the Church of ...

The Statesman is a very funny satire, but "funny peculiar" rather than "funny ha ha". A deliberately anachronistic production, that looks at the impact of controlled speech, and the inevitable ...

Justine Kraemer is a Senior List Writer at Collider and a freelance writer based in Ontario, Canada. She is passionate about finding new angles on the latest movies and TV shows. With over five years ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. For Katie Goodman and Soren Kisiel, writing new material for their upcoming comedy show was hard.

Comedy and politics have been a match made in heaven for as long as conflict has existed. With this in mind, the current presidency has led to a surge in comedians taking jabs at the administration ...

Too many comedians are taking “the path of least resistance” and failing to address contentious political topics, according to the creator of The Thick of It and Veep. Storied British comedy creator ...

An Israeli sketch writer talks about making comedy after the ouster of Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister, and how to handle humor around the country's serious topics. As Rachel Johnson just ...