Can Blackface Be Anti-Racist?
In her early comedy career, Sarah Silverman mocked bigots by impersonating them. What could possibly go wrong?
Jacques Berlinerblau
· 10 min read
Comedy
A collection of 10 posts
The Delta Variant
John Landis’s 1978 comedy classic ‘Animal House’ is a time capsule from an era when humor and campus politics were very different.
George Case
· 9 min read
The Inimitable Barry Humphries
Farewell to Australia’s best-known comic and social satirist.
Andrew Gleeson
· 8 min read
Dave Chappelle vs. the New Puritans
As the legendary comedian chalks up prestigious awards and plays to packed houses, his progressive critics look increasingly ridiculous.
Allan Stratton
· 9 min read
Ricky Gervais Knows No Fear
The comedian's new Netflix special has its weak spots. But when it comes to goring gender ideology's sacred cows, no one does it better
Allan Stratton
· 9 min read
Life as a Stand-Up Comic Can Be Brutal. ‘Safe Space’ Call-out Culture Is Making it Unbearable
“Cancel culture” has become a trendy term in recent years. But public shaming has always existed. It’s a social tool, and like all tools can be used for good or ill.
Jessica Pigeau
· 35 min read
PODCAST 72: Jamie Kilstein and Paul Provenza on the state of comedy
Comedian and podcast host Jamie Kilstein talks to fellow stand-up Paul Provenza about Ricky Gervais’s monologue at the Golden Globes and whether comedy is finally emerging from under a cloud of woke humourlessness. You can listen to more podcasts hosted by Jamie Kilstein here.
Quillette, Jamie Kilstein
· 1 min read
Quillette Podcast 28 – Jamie Kilstein on leaving the Social Justice cult and becoming a non-tribal comedian
Jonathan Kay talks to stand-up comedian Jamie Kilstein about leaving the Social Justice Left, having Robin Williams as a patron, being blocked by David Frum, moving to LA, and his new, non-tribal, un-woke podcast. You can listen to Jamie’s stand-up at the Quillette Social in Toronto here and read
Quillette, Jamie Kilstein
· 1 min read
The New War on Comedy
Once you make it acceptable to tell the jester what is off limits in one context, you enable those who would seek to silence him elsewhere.
Konstantin Kisin
· 5 min read
Breaking the Norm
We now treat people who dissent from the progressive orthodoxy about certain offenses as being no different from the people who actually committed the offenses in the first place.
Jamie Kilstein
· 8 min read