comedy
Today in history: Stan Laurel is born 125 years ago
June 16, 2015Laurel and Hardy became friends with inimitable comic chemistry, and huge audience pleasers at the box office.
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A grand romance in staged Around the World in 80 Days
May 19, 2015Lightning-fast changing of costumes, props and sets lends itself to levity as mustaches droop and muttonchops fall off of undaunted actors who know the show must go on.
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Jon Stewart’s exit as a phony newsman is a loss to real news
February 11, 2015As a champion of enlightened phoniness in TV journalism, Stewart has proven himself to be one-of-a-kind, a fake who's unrivaled as the real deal.
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Remembering Robin Williams: the laughter, compassion, and humanity
August 19, 2014Williams, hardly "selfish" or "cowardly," gave back to the people via his career-spanning progressive activism.
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Comedian John Oliver confronts racism, police militarization in Ferguson
August 19, 2014Sometimes it takes a Brit to hold up a mirror to America, capture its ugly side and reflect it back in biting, yet empathetic, satire.
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