Comedy felt frivolous, and in some cases downright insensitive in the weeks after September 11, 2001. This was not lost on television’s funny men, who gave solemn monologues with knotted throats and ...

Neda Ulaby reports that for all that comedy has faced since Sept. 11, reports that irony would fizzle out turned out to be greatly exaggerated.... Irony In The Post-9/11 Age: Comedy And Tragedy As ...

'Literal minded' people have ruined comedy by failing to understand 'metaphor, irony and exaggeration' and missing the punchline, John Cleese has claimed. Speaking ahead of the launch of his stage ...

“I am my own boss,” I tell myself as I log into a seven-hour Zoom call about the cultural legacy of Shrek (2001) at 3 a.m. on a Saturday morning. I used to have vivid fantasies about being my own boss ...

History promises to be hilarious in the hands of Eclectic Full Contact Theatre when the company presents “History of Comedy” at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre. The journey through comedy’s past ...

Comic D.L. Hughley weaves current events into his comedy, riffing on everything from the upcoming presidential election to Caitlyn Jenner’s gender transition. But while his humor is current, Hughley ...

Saturday on Weekend Edition, Neda Ulaby looks at the issue of irony in the 10 years since the Sept. 11 attacks. From David Letterman to Saturday Night Live to Jon Stewart, she traces the ways in which ...