Archive - letdown comedy

Reviewing a book about right-wing comedy.

Aug 12, 2022

July 2022

On the brilliancy of one cross-platform format and its comedic endurance.

Jul 7, 2022

April 2022

Smith/Rock + three times a roast went emotionally weird.

Apr 26, 2022

March 2022

On live intimacy in a post-pandemic world.

Mar 16, 2022

February 2022

On the late bloomers of comedy.

Feb 8, 2022

January 2022

On the disintegration (and multiplication) of the parody, from Mel Brooks to YouTube.

Jan 10, 2022

December 2021

Reflecting on the landmark HBO special and how comedy has changed in the last decade.

Dec 13, 2021

November 2021

More on comedy and circulation in the age of endless speech.

Nov 15, 2021

October 2021

On skepticism, affect, and circulation.

Oct 18, 2021

September 2021

On the comedians who wrestle with the dark.

Sep 20, 2021

July 2021

On the poetics of food comedy.

Jul 5, 2021

June 2021

Feeling Bo Burnham's comedy (and thinking about it, too).

Jun 14, 2021

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