The Unbearable Magnetism of Watching Obama Slip on a Banana Peel
Having put himself in the spotlight the president ought to be aware of the history of the polity’s relationship to tragedy and comedy. Rise and fall.
As Funny as the Times Will Allow: Obama on Late Night TV
The President tried to be funny on Jay Leno, and the joke fell flat. But it might be that this says more about us, his audience, than anything else.
Two films. Two Agendas: Obsession, the Islamophobic propaganda DVD inserted into the nation's newspapers in the weeks before the elections, and the new comedy-doc, Allah Made Me Funny.
Allah Made Me Funny: Borscht Belt Goes Halal
Jackie Mason shticks and all, a new comedy concert documentary, Allah Made Me Funny, reminds us that it's not all doom and gloom.
Until the World Laughs with God
Mike Myers's latest movie, plagued by interfaith protests, bad reviews, and a poor showing at the box office, makes us ask, once again, whether religion is allowed to be funny …
Carlin needed a God, wanted a God, but how could the Almighty be all-powerful if “everything he ever makes… dies”?