‘Fleabag,’ ‘Game of Thrones’ win big at 2019 Primetime Emmy Awards
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The surprising success of “Fleabag,” along with a historic win for Billy Porter, made this year’s Emmys ceremony a pleasantly entertaining affair.
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Let’s not give ‘Saturday Night Live’ another Emmy this year
Part of the justification for the show’s first Emmy win for Outstanding Variety Sketch Series in 2017 was a desire to reward its cogent, funny and sobering coverage of the 2016 election. But since that well-deserved win, the show’s political humor has been lacking.
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2019 Emmys race for variety talk series spells success for bold critique, original comedy
Since the rise and cultural dominance of Jon Stewart’s tenure on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” in the early 2000s, it seems as if late night has steered away from casual comedic banter into sharp political commentary.
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America, listen to your comedians
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Free speech in India is, to put it mildly, restricted. I used to think that being a journalist in India was the most terrifying job to do.
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Picks of the Week: Poems, breakfast spots, Fab 5 antics to ramp up your week
“Queer Eye” released its newest season on Netflix this week. Spend your Tuesday afternoon getting your fill of Jonathan Van Ness by streaming the entire season in one sitting.
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On their golden anniversary, finding Berkeley in ‘The Graduate’
The film is replete with enough wistful guitars and empty-eyed closeups of its various players to drive home the supremely identifiable sentiment of being marooned unto oneself, with satisfaction and fulfillment only fleeting.
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How comedy in the Trump era is complicit in administration’s rise and rhetoric
Yes, a literal caricature runs this country and fodder for jokes is plentiful, but just because a joke is easy does not mean it is best. This is not a joke.
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‘The Leftovers’ is the best show you’re not watching
Binge-watching has ruined us all for regular television schedules. Getting sucked into a new TV show in the first few weeks of its run is a rush of stupidity; you get to be absolutely up-to-date, you can live-tweet, and you will not be spoiled. But you have to wait. And
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