Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" (left) and "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" (right) Photo illustration by Salon / Bettmann ...

The Statesman is a very funny satire, but "funny peculiar" rather than "funny ha ha". A deliberately anachronistic production, that looks at the impact of controlled speech, and the inevitable ...

SAN ANTONIO – The Tobin Center for the Performing Arts will present the satirical comedy “Greater Tuna” from Aug. 7-17. Performances run daily at the Carlos Alvarez Studio Theater, with two shows on ...

Comedy is always a difficult genre to adjudicate as, by its very nature, it needs to be subjective. Granted, this is true of all art and therefore true of all films, but what makes us laugh and what ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With the news that broke this weekend, it’s impossible to separate Spinal Tap II: The End Continues from a sense of finality. Rob ...

Donald Trump's derogatory remarks towards Trevor Noah ignite debate on comedy's role in challenging power, as South African ...

Iranian filmmaker Ali Asgari has long explored the quiet tensions and bureaucratic pressures of everyday life in Iran, from his acclaimed shorts to festival recognized features like “Disappearance,” ...

Starring director Bahman Ark as Bahram, the story centers on a mid-career filmmaker whose entire body of Turkish-Azeri-language work has never been screened in Iran. When his newest film is once again ...