The rise and fall and rise and fall of Roseanne
What to make of Roseanne Barr? Yet another hot take? No. Her personal and professional lives, to...
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The Simpsons ineptly defends Apu as once upon a time “applauded and inoffensive”
On Sunday night’s episode of The Simpsons, the writers had little Lisa give advice to her...
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Hank Azaria responds to Hari Kondabolu’s truTV documentary on The Simpsons: “The Problem with Apu”
Here’s something you don’t see much: A celebrity thanking TMZ for stopping him to ask...
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Brett Gelman splits from Adult Swim
I want to applaud Splitsider and the site’s lead writer, Megh Wright, for fighting the good...
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Episode #95: Dick Gregory
At 83, Dick Gregory remains an active comedy legend, logging more than 200 stand-up gigs a year....
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Three questions following a viewing of Jeff Dunham’s NBC primetime special, “Unhinged in Hollywood”
If NBC can attract 6.41 million viewers to Jeff Dunham at 8 p.m. Thursday against the kickoff of...
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SNL’s 40th season finale monologue from host Louis C.K.
The mild racism bit is going to resonate and go over well. The Israel and Palestine stuff will...
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Native American actors walk off set of Adam Sandler’s Ridiculous Six movie for Netflix
Not everyone is in on the joke when it comes to Adam Sandler’s first Netflix movie,...
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Larry Wilmore on The Nightly Show says all of the bad words and slurs in “Knowledge College”
On Wednesday night’s The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, the decision by Florida to ban the...
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The truth behind racial/ethnic jokes and stereotypes tackled: “That’s Racist with Mike Epps”
Mike Epps got into trouble last week for posting a joke photo and caption on Martin Luther King...
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Comedians giving voices to our fears, opening a dialogue about race and the police #BlackLivesMatter
Ted Alexandro has missed multiple gigs over the past few weeks to march with the activists of...
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Hari Kondabolu’s final solution for the NFL’s team in Washington to be more accurate Redskins
Want the debate over the racist Washington Redskins name and logo to end peacefully? So does...
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