Predictions of the death of irony after 9/11 proved completely wrong, of course. Now there is no “too soon” to laugh at a ...

In April of this year, while at the International Society of Humor Studies’ 2024 online conference, I attended several presentations discussing recent work by Drs. Thomas Wilk and Steve Gimbel, ...

If there's one thing that there's no shortage of in Hollywood, it's bad comedy movies. Every single year, it seems like Hollywood loves shoving their bad jokes down the collective throats of the ...

A carefully curated and thorough canon of 119 titles that will keep any fan of comedy occupied and happy for a good long while. Photo-Illustration: Vulture A carefully curated and thorough canon of ...

For someone best known as an actor, Bradley Cooper’s core interest as a filmmaker is perhaps unsurprising. Thus far, he has been entirely consumed by examinations of performance—first digging into a ...

A new generation of stand-ups is mining the heartbreaking loss of a loved one for ambitious shows. How did we get here? Credit...Javier Jaén Supported by By Jason Zinoman Denial. Anger. Bargaining.

Like thigh-high go-go boots, there is only so far something like the ’60s-era showbiz comedy “Funny Woman” can go before its joyousness ankles, as they say in the trades. The good news about season 2 ...