Chris Rock has been under fire for enabling Louis CK and Ricky Gervais to enthusiastically say the n-word in a video, facing more criticism than the white comedians themselves. Ava Vidal discusses the context of that video and whether white men should be given an n-word pass by a Black fellow comedian. Content note: This… Read More
Is the US exporting comedy at the expense of black women?
Kim Reynolds, unpacks how aspects of US comedy comes at the expense of mocking and using black women as caricatures Read More
On The Other End Of A Joke – British stand-up comedy
by Anthony Anaxagorou Last November, in an interview with London Real, I spoke briefly on the subject of British stand-up comedy and my discontent with what much of it represents. When the interview was uploaded to the channel’s 82,000 subscriber network, my thoughts on the subject seemed to attract a wave of inarticulate and misjudged… Read More
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