Until Black women can wear their hair how they want without risk of ridicule, reprimand or termination, a joke targeting Black hair is no laughing matter.
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In this special edition of ‘Don’t Call Me Resilient,’ we chat about how “the slap heard around the world” is part of a layered story of racism, sexism, power and performance.
As an actor and performer, Zelensky built his portfolio of presidential skills long before he knew he was going to undertake that role.
By sidestepping partisan pigeonholing and appealing to the anti-establishment impulses of young men, Rogan has brought together an audience that advertisers have long coveted.
In ABC’s ‘Abbott Elementary,’ Philadelphia schoolteachers go above and beyond for their students – just like real-life urban schoolteachers do every day, says one scholar.
Led by a brilliant Blak cast including Nakkiah Lui, Jack Charles and Ursula Yovich, Preppers tackles some big issues while making you laugh out loud.
Critics have long pooh-poohed conservative comics. But in today’s fragmented media environment, right-wing comedy has become both a moneymaker and a force in politics.
Twenty years after 9/11, in a climate of anti-Arab and anti-Muslim racist backlash, two comedians use satire to help change the stories we tell.
Theatre is able to create a space for discussion about how and why women experience physical and emotional violence.
Friends has made audiences laugh by breaching what we expect to happen when people speak.
It may seem strange to seek humour in the face of disaster, but our need to do so is ancient.
Funny poems get a bad rap but their humour can provoke interesting conversations and reach a wide demographic.
In this episode of Don’t Call Me Resilient, host Vinita Srivastava and scholar Cheryl Thompson dive into the meaning of the n-word and the 150 years of racism embedded in it.
A professor of comedy examines holiday cards in times of struggles. They aren’t all sad.
This 2013 film has a lazy script and crude humour – but Melissa McCarthy’s high camp performance of outrageously dressed, highly coiffed femininity is a delight.
What has happened to political TV satire? It used to be sharp but this election it missed it mark.
When it comes to TV comedy Schitt’s Creek is a comfortable pair of slippers: safe and familiar.
Opening traditional theatres and smaller venues may not be physically or financially viable. But with winter coming and the arts industry floundering, something needs to be done.
For a film that was destined to do so much wrong, this does a surprising amount right. And in an era of relentlessly ‘clever’ films and knowing reboots, Face the Music has a refreshingly light touch.
What people find funny about politics depends largely on who is in power.
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Professor of English, Flinders University
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Professor of Film Studies, Bangor University
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Professor of International Affairs and Comparative Literature, Penn State
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Senior Lecturer, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Lecturer in Performance, University of Salford
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Lecturer in Communications and Media, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Lecturer in Journalism, Swansea University
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PhD Candidate, University of Leeds
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Sessional lecturer and researcher, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer, Faculty of Health, Arts and Design, Swinburne University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in French and Francophone Studies, Bangor University
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Associate Professor in the Media School, Indiana University
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Senior Lecturer in Communication, University of Technology Sydney
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Assistant Professor of Psychology, Fort Lewis College
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Senior Lecturer in Media, Film and Cultural Studies, University of Sussex
