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The skit economy is estimated to be Nigeria’s third-largest entertainment sector, with a net worth of over US$31 million.
Comedian host Julia Zemiro is joined by criminologists and comedians to unpick key crime issues. Here’s where it works – and where it doesn’t.
Our cinema expert brings you the best (and a few of the worst) at this year’s film festival in the capital.
The series may not be accurate in detail, but it is valuable in spirit – and hilariously opens a window onto a forgotten corner of European history.
Post 9/11, brown and sometimes Black Muslim characters were portrayed as ‘good’ only when aligned with US state power. Muslim filmmakers are trying to change that.
A cartoon built on skewering the powerful and self-righteous isn’t taking its foot off the pedal.
‘Mo’ uses the comedy-drama format to address difficult and divisive issues such as immigration in America and the Israel-Gaza war in an accessible format.
TikTok doesn’t just reward absurdist humour – it actively encourages it.
Photography possesses a certain built-in bluntness that can lend itself to images that are destabilizing and dryly funny.
The folktale, ‘The Bird Indifferent to Pain,’ offers insight into why audiences are drawn to the relentless jester – a comedic trope that has endured across cultures.
If AI allows students to automate routine cognitive tasks, it doesn’t mean they’re thinking less. It means their thinking is changing.
From the new seasons of Andor and Black Mirror, to The Narrow Road to the Deep North – May’s must-watch TV proves time flies when your options are this good.
Back for its fourth season, Hacks is skewing the male-dominated world of comedy in new and hilarious ways.
Ten comedians, one room, last comic to laugh wins. But what makes comedy – and not laughing – so funny?
Programs geared toward liberals like ‘The Daily Show’ once held a monopoly on political comedy. Not so anymore.
Raygun is unlikely to be able to claim intellectual property over her name, her persona and her dance moves.
The new film from Stan manages to bend the rules of the Christmas genre without breaking them.
So many complicated climate acronyms render meaningless to the general public – here’s a guide to some of the jargon.
Director Natalie Bailey’s directorial debut starring New Zealand’s comic actor Jackie van Beek is subtly confronting in its exploration of various taboo topics.
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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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Professor of International Affairs and Comparative Literature, Penn State
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Professor of Film Studies, Bangor University
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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 Creative Writing, Flinders University
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Professor of Communication and International Studies, Boston College
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Lecturer, Faculty of Health, Arts and Design, Swinburne University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in Media, Film and Cultural Studies, University of Sussex
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Associate Professor of Psychology, Fort Lewis College
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Sessional lecturer and researcher, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in the Media School, Indiana University
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Lecturer in Communications and Media, University of Notre Dame Australia
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PhD Candidate, University of Leeds; Independent Social Research Foundation