Too “Politically Correct”?: Why It Matters for Comedy To Punch Up Instead of Down July 12, 2019 by Louisa Leontiades Leave a Comment For a large portion of my childhood, I believed that the Spanish were incapable fools, the Germans were evil dogmatists, and the French were bumbling, puffed-up nincompoops. Given these attitudes, it can come as little surprise that I'm English and grew up with comedy that relentlessly mocked foreigners, the upper classes, the lower classes, the disabled, the neuroatypical, the … [Read more...]
“It’s Just a Joke”: Trial and Tribulations of a Female Comedian of Color January 8, 2017 by Palmira Muniz Leave a Comment Imagine doing something you absolutely love and have wanted to do since you were a little kid. Ten plus years later, you finally build up the courage to do so. For a while, you start seeing some momentum in this craft you love so much, and you start to use it as an escape from the real world. Sadly, you then start to realize that this craft, art, or thing that you love, … [Read more...]
