Vice News explores the politics of booking college comedians in 2018
by In case you missed it, VICE News shipped up to Boston this spring to talk to bookers for three local colleges — Emerson, Simmons and …
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Paul F. Tompkins on comedy in times of political correctness
Paul F. Tompkins recently visited the Big Think, and shared his thoughts on how political correctness influences comedy. In short, tastes change, and comedians always …
“The Joke,” a cartoon by Jim Benton
Award-winning cartoonist Jim Benton published this six-panel strip this week, “The Joke,” that’s really more about the audience acting as pre-emptive comedy police by heckling …
Things That are More Likely to Ruin Stand-Up Comedy Than “Political Correctness”
By Will Weldon 1. Popular Youtube acts with no live performance experience getting booked on big shows 2. The marginalization of not-white performers into “specialty …