“Comedy” Articles

A quarter-century later, the Coen Brothers lead us to laugh, question, and believe.

Lorne Michaels was confident of the foundation of SNL even if he couldn’t distill it into a palatable premise or a memorable meme.

To those tempted to take a tragic view this election season, I would counter that the Christian vision of reality is in fact a comic one.

Improv is more than making people laugh. It can also teach us how to love them well, just like Jesus did.

The show’s creators eventually begin to portray The Office as purgatory rather than hell.

Dr. Rick ads provide a relaxed common ground between generations and opportunities for approachable honesty with those outside the church.

Like the biblical prophets who spoke truth to those who wielded societal and religious power, the scientific experts were largely ignored as people distracted themselves with foolish, vainglorious pursuits.

The Suicide Squad is a genuinely bad movie because it plays on war and death for laughs in irreverent, dehumanizing ways.

Many things can bring relief, connect us with each other, and reveal our faults, but laughter does these things with playfulness and joy.

This is a story of getting burned out on comedy and learning to love it again with an enjoyment story that comes through accepting limits.

It’s hard to acknowledge when we’ve made a racist or sexist joke. It contradicts stories we tell ourselves; “I wouldn’t make a racist joke” or “I couldn’t be sexist.”

What can we joke about? How far is too far? Our answers tend to be personal, which makes it hard to discuss why some humor is offensive.

Behind each laugh is a lot of work. What is the work of humor, and what does that mean for us as we create and cultivate our own laughs?

The life script we would produce with time and a writer’s room would leave out moments that produce hearty laughs, heaving sobs, and the sensations that lie between.

Accounts of unstoppable, contagious dancing fools date as far back as the seventh century, and hail from nearly all parts of Europe.

Let’s give generously to the ones who need it and the ones who are helping. And maybe, I dunno, put that giant pack of Quilted Northern back on the rack.