Gillis is not the first or the last performer to turn to “punching down” for comedic effect, as illustrated by Dave Chappelle’s “The Dreamer,” the latest in an apparently endless line of Netflix ...

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In November of last year, I was scrolling through my Instagram feed when I saw a post by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon of a redheaded woman—wearing clothes I wish I owned—coming out from ...

(CNN) — Last weekend, Shane Gillis took a gamble that didn’t pay off on the stage of “Saturday Night Live,” when he dunked on the LGBTQ and disability communities to a frosty reception — including ...

My family thinks I’m hilarious. It’s become my unofficial job at family gatherings like Thanksgiving to make wry, sarcastic remarks — sometimes even at the expense of a family member. I have two ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) Our bodies are delightfully ridiculous. When God created humanity, they knew our short lives would be full of pain, hardship and horror. So they created our bodies absurdly ...

A TikToker just called out a comedian from the U.K. for his ableist joke. Fin Taylor is known for being “contrarian,” if that’s what you’d call it. For example, in 2019 he staged a #MeToo-themed ...

Stand-up comic Simon Minty is appearing at this year's Edinburgh Fringe, producing and starring in Abnormally Funny People with a bunch of other disabled comedians. During his first couple of weeks at ...

He said: ‘just because you are laughing doesn’t mean you aren’t taking it seriously’. Richard Herring arriving at the Missing People gala dinner, marking the charity’s 20th anniversary, at the ...