Day: December 15, 2016

We’ve all heard and seen the reports coming in from theaters and comedy clubs across the country this past year. Donald Trump’s divide-and-conquer presidential campaign, which currently has us in America facing a distinctly unique constitutional crisis, has influenced not just the behavior of Americans in public settings related to Trump such as his demagogue rallies of propaganda and from there to social media trolling, but also to the more intimate spaces of comedy venues. It’s one thing if you’re a stand-up comedian bringing up the subject of politics or Trump in particular. It’s quite another if you’re merely...