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Tag: Comedy and Humor

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Trump Makes False Genocide Claims. South Africans Respond With Humor.

May 22, 2025May 22, 2025Lynsey Chutel and Zimasa MatiwaneComments Off on Trump Makes False Genocide Claims. South Africans Respond With Humor.

The jokes mask a deep-seated anger over the legacy of apartheid and the inequality that many Black people say continues to define life in their country.

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The Internet Can’t Resist the Conclave (the Real Thing)

May 7, 2025May 7, 2025EMMA BUBOLAComments Off on The Internet Can’t Resist the Conclave (the Real Thing)

In a mix of fascination, irreverence and possible blasphemy, social media platforms have been flooded with videos and memes about the secretive gathering of cardinals in Vatican City.

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Mike Myers on Playing Elon Musk, Politics on ‘S.N.L.’ and Why He Filmed a Campaign Ad

April 26, 2025April 26, 2025SARAH LYALLComments Off on Mike Myers on Playing Elon Musk, Politics on ‘S.N.L.’ and Why He Filmed a Campaign Ad

The “Saturday Night Live” alum on getting political in Studio 8H, playing Elon Musk and why he decided to film a campaign ad for Canada’s Liberal Party.

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‘0 to 1939 in 3 seconds’: Why Anti-Elon Musk Satire Is Flourishing in Britain

April 6, 2025April 6, 2025Michael D. ShearComments Off on ‘0 to 1939 in 3 seconds’: Why Anti-Elon Musk Satire Is Flourishing in Britain

Humor and art have been used to mock the powerful in Britain for centuries. Now Elon Musk is on the receiving end.

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Mob Descends on a Comedy Club After a Comic Jokes About a Politician

March 25, 2025March 25, 2025MUJIB MASHALComments Off on Mob Descends on a Comedy Club After a Comic Jokes About a Politician

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said criticism is “the soul” of Indian democracy. But his allies unleashed vigilantes after a comic who called a politician a “traitor.”

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How George Lewis Made Comedy Gold Imagining Two Toddlers Chatting

March 20, 2025March 20, 2025Amelia NierenbergComments Off on How George Lewis Made Comedy Gold Imagining Two Toddlers Chatting

George Lewis’s riffs on the absurdities of millennial parenting — and the inner lives of 2-year-olds — have won him legions of fans online and galvanized his once middling stand-up career.

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Al-Assad Becomes a Punchline in Syria’s Comedy Scene

February 27, 2025Raja AbdulrahimComments Off on Al-Assad Becomes a Punchline in Syria’s Comedy Scene

Comics had already been trying to foster stand-up in Syria before Bashar al-Assad’s fall. Now, they are telling jokes in a liberated country, while warily eyeing the new government.

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Al-Assad Becomes a Punchline in Syria’s Comedy Scene

February 27, 2025Raja AbdulrahimComments Off on Al-Assad Becomes a Punchline in Syria’s Comedy Scene

Comics had already been trying to foster stand-up in Syria before Bashar al-Assad’s fall. Now, they are telling jokes in a liberated country, while warily eyeing the new government.

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India’s Outrage Machine Devours a Star YouTuber Over a Crude One-Liner

February 22, 2025Alex Travelli and Pragati K.B.Comments Off on India’s Outrage Machine Devours a Star YouTuber Over a Crude One-Liner

A joke made by Ranveer Allahbadia, a Joe Rogan for online Indians, has brought him death threats and criminal charges.

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Satisfying vs. Productive

November 16, 2024Melissa KirschComments Off on Satisfying vs. Productive

Weekends are, ostensibly, for relaxation. But the impulse to make every moment productive can make guilt-free leisure a challenge.

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