Since Trump starting running for office, and especially since he was elected, there has been an ongoing conversation about the nature of comedy in these times: what comedians discuss, and how they discuss it. The debate got me thinking about comedy during the last Republican presidency, under George W. Bush.
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It may have been Descartes who first asked how we can trust that the world actually exists and that we’re not just being deceived by some evil genius. But it was writer Andrew Niccol who answered that question, in 1998’s The Truman Show: We don’t. And worse yet, that evil
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You’re not supposed to like the wealthy, entitled, scheming assholes in HBO’s Succession. It’s a testament to series creator Jesse Armstrong (Peep Show, The Thick of It), the other writers and directors, and the droll family drama’s excellent ensemble cast that you do like them.Well, maybe “like” is not the
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It’s shaping up to be a summer of teases from 24-year-old pop star Ariana Grande. Last week, she previewed a new track, “The Light Is Coming,” from her forthcoming album, Sweetener, on her social-media accounts. On Saturday night, ahead of her performance at 102.7 iHeartRadio’s KIIS-FM Wango Tango in Los
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On Saturday night, Kanye West gave the internet his latest gift: an album cover generator for YE, a.k.a., the yenerator. Let the YE memes begin. Or, excuse me, the YEmes. The official album art features a photo of the mountainous terrain of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, with bright green scrawl that
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It’s only been a few days since Kanye West debuted his eighth semi-self-titled album, YE, at a campfire listening party in Wyoming on Thursday night followed by a drop on streaming services on Friday morning, and now the first post-album-release interview with our favorite unpredictable Gemini has arrived. In an interview published
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“The Lonely Island” read the two large screens surrounding the outdoor Clusterfest main stage Friday night. In the center of said stage was a larger screen that also read “The Lonely Island.” In all three versions, there was a palm tree. See, it was 10 p.m., Friday night, and, after
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As the old saying goes, if you want to date a famous person, just get a job at SNL. Such a romance is happening at the moment for repertory player Pete Davidson, when it became public last month that he and his long-term girlfriend Cazzie David — daughter of Larry
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