The problem with post-race comedy
Comics have power, especially over the young, and perhaps more than we care to acknowledge.
comedy
Laughing pains
Stand-up comedy, especially black stand-up, and the political in South Africa.
Performing Society’s Provocations
Comedian Mpho "Popps" Modikoane is the spokesman of South Africa's "Born Frees."
Killing an African Warlord
“Key & Peele” (the comedians Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele) are considered the next generation of
Mike Epps’ got “Africa” jokes
Remember Mikko’s post on African Jokes? Comedian Mike Epps, a few days before he threatened his daughter
Are ‘African jokes’ played out?
Who (can) make "African jokes", are they funny or do they go too far?
Trevor Noah’s “whole African American thing”
Throwback: What happened when Trevor Noah made his debut on American network TV.
When Richard Pryor dressed up as “a tribal bushman”
This was for the cover art of one of his comedy albums: "The cover looked totally real, like a cover of National Geographic."
African-American comedians and “Africa jokes”
From Richard Pryor through to Jamie Foxx, Chris Rock and Wyatt Cenac. They all do "Africa" bits. It's not always funny or good social commentary.
'You know where Egypt is on a map?'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pedMB8zM2BQ The “internet stand-up comedian” Kassem G talks to beach goers in Venice Beach, California, about
Krusty the Clown's Activism
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3OoeAeZM5Q&w=500&h=307&rel=0] The opening episode of the new series of “The Simpsons” features a convoluted plotline where