Why we laugh at different things – and what that tells us about humour
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Whether ad-libbing her way through a duet or joking about her glamorous image, Parton turned sexist assumptions into a source of power.
When it comes to the best of the Fringe’s comedy lineup this year, we’ve done all the heavy lifting so you don’t have to.
Billed as Russia’s Michael McIntyre, Sasha Nezlobin is having to almost start again in exile.
There’s no neutral, universal standard for judging whether a joke crosses the line from comedy into discrimination.
With their new independent streaming platform, Aunty Donna prove the future of ‘cooked’ Australian comedy is online.
The greatest satirists do more than expose hypocrisy. They reshape how citizens understand power and civic responsibility.
Across this year’s festival, a variety of shows demonstrated some Australian audiences are ready for uncomfortable comedy and complex personae.
Having my surname is a daily trial, eliciting a range of responses from suppressed to open laughter and unsolicited comments.
The Spanish director’s new film, Bitter Christmas, marks another step towards dramatic weight, and away from his early madcap humour.
April Fools pranks are a centuries old tradition, and the media used to love taking part. But it’s hard to do so in a post-truth world.
The US comedian’s latest viral video has (predictably) offended many conservatives. Here’s why it can’t be considered ‘racist’ on any level.
A British take on an American classic, an absurdist video podcast, stories of displacement, a buggy nightmare and a book about an obsessive friendship.
Despite fears the US format would not work in the UK, SNL UK’s first episode went off without a hitch.
SNL’s British adaptation faces a cultural problem, not a format problem.
What’s the secret to being the most followed person on the planet on TikTok?
Humor has served many functions since Russia’s full-scale invasion, from providing Ukrainians with a sense of escape and hope to spreading news.
In the right context, films can move across many different genres in the span of their lifetime, depending on the audiences that watch them.
The rapid responses of netizens to political news with memes means that comedy formats like Mock the Week will always be trailing behind
In 1955, Ealing Studios released The Ladykillers, a darkly comic tale about a gang of criminals whose bank robbery gets derailed by their elderly landlady.
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Professor of English, Flinders University
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Professor of Film and Media Studies, Colorado State University
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