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The gray area in comedy: when does a joke go too far?

Callaghan McGee and Skye Huang November 22, 2023

Police officers slam a tenth-grader onto the hood of a cop car. A letter arrives on the doorstep of a man’s home, and the contents of it, a mysterious white powder, spills onto his newborn daughter,...

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“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” puts spotlight on women in comedy

Veronica Yaron January 12, 2018

My entire life I have never been able to stand comedies; anything involving slapstick humor or something painfully embarrassing makes me cringe in my seat. For years, I avoided watching anything labeled...

Donald Trump is one of the politicians recently imitated on SNL.

Comedians get political

Kaitlyn Hammond September 15, 2017

Since President Donald Trump’s election, many late-night TV shows, such as “The Late Night Show With Stephen Colbert” have seen an increase in ratings.  Studies show it’s the use of political...

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