"By skinning President Donald Trump in Lincoln-esque mockery, Gov. Gavin Newsom demands that we stand up to his buffoonery by ...
Satire has always been a potent weapon against tyranny ... What will the rest of us be willing to do in order to stand up to fascism? It’s not a particularly funny question. But satirists have shown ...
Back in 1940, Charlie Chaplin made a movie called The Great Dictator, a comedy about fascism. In it, he plays a Hitler-like character named Adenoid Hynkel, the authoritarian leader of an imaginary ...
While its popularity and long-standing history seems to be indicative of its political potential, we must not forget that ...
An exhibit of the papers of Lorne Michaels at UT Austin's Ransom Center offers sobering insights about the limits of humor ...
President Trump posts AI-generated deepfake videos showing Hakeem Jeffries in a sombrero. Jeffries calls the videos “racist,” ...
The Statesman is a very funny satire, but "funny peculiar" rather than "funny ha ha". A deliberately anachronistic production, that looks at the impact of controlled speech, and the inevitable ...
Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel said on Wednesday he believed his comments about the reaction to the assassination of political ...
If you're a fan of the 2006 cult classic comedy movie "Idiocracy" and you're looking for something similar to watch, check ...
This week, Pittsburgh International Classic Theatre will stage a production of "First Lady" by Turkish-French playwright ...