Nakkiah Lui’s Black is the New White takes 17th-century comedy of manners and uses it to probe race and class to great effect.
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As series two comes to a close, here are the ingredients behind a piece of 24-carat comedy gold.
Aboriginal stand-up comedy is thriving and no topic, it seems, is off limits. As the Melbourne International Comedy Festival opens, here’s the lowdown on Indigenous humour.
British comedy has always revelled in self-reflexive parody. Now, following Brexit, perhaps the re-nationalisation of British comedy is nigh.
Enough with the charming, naughty funny-guy rants. There are too many in a new anthology of Australian comedy writing – and women display a superior comic imagination.
One viral video might leave you in stitches; another leaves you cold. Psychology researchers have worked out several theories of humor to explain why.
British society takes monarchy far more seriously than they did two centuries ago. Far too seriously.
His extraordinary talent was most evident as his ‘straight guys’ became increasingly deranged.
From Alfonso the Wise’s bawdy songs of slander to Ronald Reagan’s sunny smile, politics and humor have gone hand-in-hand for centuries. But no one seems to be laughing anymore.
Stand-up comedians die two to three years younger than comedic and dramatic actors. And the funnier they are judged to be, the greater their risk of dying.
For the comic protagonist, the literary critic Northrop Frye once observed, life is something you get through. While tragic characters die in plangent splendour, and Marvel superheroes vanquish tech-spangled…
When comedian Larry Wilmore called President Obama ‘my n-gga’ during the White House Correspondents’ Association annual dinner, what was he really saying?
One of Victoria Wood’s recurring themes was television, something that until recently, held the nation together. As such, she is the consummate English comic.
We start laughing at around 3 months of age. Women laugh more than men, but blokes tell more jokes. As the Melbourne International Comedy Festival begins, here’s the latest on mirth.
From Chris Rock’s opening monologue to red carpet hits (and misses), our experts analyze key moments from this year’s Academy Awards.
The Trevor Noah phenomenon speaks to an influential comedic revolution that is happening in South Africa. Its comics operate in an increasingly complex, high-risk and conflict-intense society.
New adult Ladybird books on The Hipster and The Husband fall flat.
Magda Szubanski’s engaging debut memoir, Reckoning, is an exercise in precisely that: reconciling the past. It is also a celebration of the life and career of one of our greatest comedians.
Studio heads are hesitant to give a woman the reins of a late night show. Are they pandering to their target audiences?
This year’s Melbourne Fringe Festival program features an array of performances by artists with disabilities. Their work tells its audience what the mainstream looks like from the margins.
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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