Crowd work has grown more common, with some comedians now focusing their acts on it and sharing clips of their exchanges with audience members. But some comics say it takes away from the craft.
Category: Comedy and Humor
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‘The Interview’: The Darker Side of Julia Louis-Dreyfus
The actress is taking on serious roles, trying to overcome self-doubt and sharing more about her personal life — but she’s not done being funny.
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Garfield’s Journey From Comic Strip to Weird Internet Incubator
He hates Mondays, he’s No. 1 at the box office and he’s been the subject of a lot of weirdness over the last 40-plus years.
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‘Am I OK?’ Review: When It’s Time to Grow Up
Dakota Johnson stars in an expansive friendship comedy about coming out in your 30s and finding yourself.
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‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die’ Review: Older, but Never Wiser
In their latest buddy cop movie, Will Smith and Martin Lawrence are still speeding through Miami. The franchise has rarely felt so assured, relaxed and knowingly funny.
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Julio Torres and Friends Toast ‘Fantasmas,’ Their Latest Bizarro Creation
The writer and director celebrated with a roomful of comedians on the rise before an advance screening of “Fantasmas,” his new HBO series.
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Tribeca Festival: ‘Mars’ Provides Refuge for its Writers
The comedy group The Whitest Kids U’ Know completed the project dealing with the loss of one of its founding members, Trevor Moore, who died in 2021.
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Michelle Buteau Takes the Lead in ‘Babes’ and on Netflix
Once relegated to supporting roles, this comedian is a star of the film “Babes” and is moving to a bigger stage, Radio City Music Hall, for her new special.
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What Happened to Ad-Free TV on Streaming Services?
Ads are here, there — almost everywhere — on streaming services now.
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‘The Garfield Movie’ Review: This Feels Like Too Much Effort
Garfield, voiced by Chris Pratt, is joined by Samuel L. Jackson as his father, in an inert big-screen adaptation that fundamentally misunderstands its protagonist.
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Nighthorse Bar Hosts Evil Laugh Competition in Brooklyn
The Wicked Witch. Dr. Evil. Mr. Burns. Ena Da? At the Evil Laugh Competition in Brooklyn, a contest for the best mwahahahaha.
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Black Satire Is Having Its Hollywood Moment, but Something Is Missing
Recent releases like “American Fiction” and “The American Society of Magical Negroes” have used absurdist humor to examine race. But they have also depicted narrow views of Blackness.