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Posted Friday 2/04/22 at 4:10PM EST
Trans Netflix employee resigns over "what happened last fall" with Dave Chappelle's The Closer
Oliver Whitney, the editorial and publishing manager in Netflix’s film department, announced his exit today on Twitter: "some news: i’m...
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Posted Friday 2/04/22 at 4:10PM EST
British comedian Jimmy Carr under fire for his "no one ever wants to talk about the positives" of the Holocaust joke in his Netflix special
Netflix released Jimmy Carr: His Dark Material, which contains the Holocaust joke, on Christmas Day.
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Posted Saturday 1/29/22 at 5:28AM EST
Aziz Ansari's Nightclub Comedian feel more like an act of defiance than a standup special, which might have been the intent
"In this new special — his first since 2019, when he put out Aziz Ansari: Right Now, which was widely...
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Posted Friday 1/28/22 at 3:14AM EST
Netflix was suspended from Human Rights Campaign Foundation's LGBTQ+ Corporate Equality Report due to Dave Chappelle's The Closer controversy
The HRC Foundation cited how the company handled the release of the Dave Chappelle special The Closer in its decision...
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Posted Thursday 1/27/22 at 2:22PM EST
Netflix debuts the trailer for Ms. Pat: Y'All Wanna Hear Something Crazy?, directed by Robert Townsend
Ms.
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Posted Thursday 1/27/22 at 2:39AM EST
Aziz Ansari's Nightclub Comedian shows the pitfalls of capturing topical comedy for posterity
"Like most other standup hours in the past 18 months, Ansari front-loads his set with COVID material," says Joe Berkowitz.
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Posted Wednesday 1/26/22 at 3:03AM EST
In Netflix's Nightclub Comedian, Aziz Ansari wants to have his down-to-earth authenticity and dine out on it, too
There is an "empty authenticity" in Ansari's new special, filmed last month at New York City's Comedy Cellar, says Kathryn...
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Posted Saturday 1/22/22 at 4:41AM EST
Louie Anderson was comedy's eternal kid
As New York Times comedy critic Jason Zinoman points out, Anderson, who died Friday at age 68, and Bob Saget,...
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Posted Friday 1/21/22 at 3:51AM EST
How decades-old footage of Bob Saget ended up in Moses Storm's new HBO Max special
Moses Storm: Trash White, which dropped on HBO Max on Thursday, features old footage of Saget on America's Funniest Home...
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Posted Wednesday 1/19/22 at 6:57PM EST
Watch Aziz Ansari's new Netflix comedy special trailer
Aziz Ansari: Nightclub Comedian, premiering Jan.
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Posted Saturday 1/15/22 at 4:27AM EST
And Just Like That is accurately portraying comedians as "annoying" via Sara Ramirez's Che Diaz
"One of the most popular archetypes that has emerged in film and television during the last 15 years or so...
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Posted Tuesday 1/11/22 at 9:05PM EST
Steve Harvey blames "cancel culture" for why he's given up on standup comedy
Harvey claimed at the TV press tour that he wouldn't be able to say what he wants in a standup...
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Posted Tuesday 1/11/22 at 1:33PM EST
Aziz Ansari announces Nightclub Comedian, his fourth Netflix standup special
Taped at “an intimate surprise gig” in New York City last month, Nightclub Comedian premieres Jan.
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Bob Saget delivered one of the great postmodern performances as America’s Funniest Home Videos host
On America's Funniest Home Videos, Saget was "a raunchy comedian trapped in an endless 'family-friendly' montage of nut shots, begging...
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Posted Wednesday 1/05/22 at 6:03PM EST
Amazon's Phat Tuesdays docuseries to celebrate The Comedy Store's influential showcase for Black comedians
Oscar-nominated filmmaker Reginald Hudlin will direct the three-episode docuseries on the weekly showcase that Guy Torry created at The Comedy...