What is the role of humor at a time of war? Well, that's a question Israeli and Arab comedians and writers are grappling with now during the Hamas-Israel war. NPR's Daniel Estrin reports on the ways ...

Some comedy movies are solely interested in making audiences laugh. There's not some higher goal other than to put a smile on your face, and that's perfectly okay. But some movies want to move beyond ...

The Boys, Succession, and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia are all among the best satire TV shows of the last 25 years.

In two recent posts, I touched on both nonverbal and verbal types of formal humor. In this one, I continue our review of the latter category by discussing two styles of humor seen quite regularly in ...

Satire plays a powerful role in challenging authority, exposing hypocrisy and testing the boundaries of free expression. It's among the forces Judy Woodruff explores in the podcast, “In Pursuit of ...

Black American novelists, filmmakers and other writers are using comedy to reveal — and combat — our era’s disturbing political realities. By Adam Bradley LAST SPRING, DURING the Broadway revival of ...

Satire used to be a joy. I could sit down, spin out a story about a time-traveling anti-vaxxer or a pastor’s absurd “accidental” run-ins with risqué toys, and readers would laugh knowingly, finding ...

Justine Kraemer is a Senior List Writer at Collider and a freelance writer based in Ontario, Canada. She is passionate about finding new angles on the latest movies and TV shows. With over five years ...

Satire plays a powerful role in challenging authority, exposing hypocrisy and testing the boundaries of free expression. It's among the forces Judy Woodruff explores in the podcast, “In Pursuit of ...