When Comedy Meets Workplace Diversity

Natalie Holder-Winfield, 09.18.2009

Diversity Lawyer

The same slurs, epithets, and offensive language that comics use to get laughs can create disrespect in the workplace, school and in other social settings.

Mighty Movie Podcast Exclusive: Neal Brennan on The Goods

Dan Persons, 09.13.2009

Film Journalist

The Hangover set the comedy bar high this summer, but The Goods ably continues the tradition of taking fools and rogues and elevating them to near-mythic proportions.

"Bruno" And The Irony Of Satire

Sean L. McCarthy, 08.14.2009

Publisher of The Comic's Comic, providing round-the-clock news about comedy

What happens when you're lampooning someone, or some segment of society, but in exposing their ridiculous notions, they only think you're promoting their cause?

Why America Needs The Writers' Guild

Allison Abner, 06.08.2009

In the Recession of 2009, America needs writers more than ever. Writers in the entertainment industry create the stories most seen around the world. ...

Race and American Comedy

Sabiyha Prince, 06.06.2009

What about the black political variety on U.S. television? To whom have Richard Pryor and Dick Gregory passed the baton of African American comedic observation?

100 Holiday Wishes

Hermene Hartman, 01.17.2009

One of the most significant and influential black women in American publishing

100 Holiday Wishes. This is my holiday wish list. May they all come true.

McCain Seeks Joke Advice from Dave Chappelle (Listen)

Michael Weingartner and Lee Camp, 11.02.2008

Comedy writer; Stand-up Comic

DVDs: What Happened To The Boondocks?

Michael Giltz, 06.19.2008

Freelance writer and raconteur

Despite being a huge Boondocks fan, I have to admit the level of quality dipped, but that doesn't excuse the curious utter lack of publicity for the show.

Links to Other Diversions and Conversation-Starters

Jack Donaldson, 05.28.2008

The Internet is a pretty vast place, so I compiled a cheat sheet of links for the week: a veritable potpourri of diverting videos, articles, commercials, and music.

Liveblog! Realizing MLK's Dream On A South Carolina Stage

John Neffinger, Glynnis MacNicol, and Rachel Sklar, 03.28.2008

Greetings and welcome to South Carolina, where these four candidates duked it out in the Dem debate. (The fourth? Bill Clinton, natch.)

Italian Racism

Steve Santagati, 03.28.2008

I'm Italian and, like all Italians, I suffer the slings and arrows of racism on a daily basis. Do I complain, does anyone complain -- for that matter...

Don Imus Meets Michael Richards

Paul Krassner, 03.28.2008

Author and Satirist

Note: There have been several inquiries about what happened to my "Assholes of the Week" feature. I've been obsessed with putting together a collecti...

How Long Can Sarah Silverman Last?

Alex Remington, 03.28.2008

Pop culture guru and Yahoo Sports baseball blogger

Is she as funny as her exposure warrants? Or is she Dane Cook with breasts: cutesy, safe, and tired?

What, no Superbad Super-Stardom for my Homegirls?

Heather Wood Rudúlph, 03.28.2008

Feminist, newshound, co-founder and editor of SirensMag.com.

Here are at least six of my favorite funny women (yes, there are legions more) who could easily be the next Farley, Ferrell or Carell -- if only given the chance.

Superhero Comics' Girl Trouble

Douglas Wolk, 03.28.2008

All the comics industry has to do is not hang out a gigantic sign announcing Girls: We Hate You And We Have No Interest In Your Business. Unfortunately, that's effectively what it's doing right now.

More Michael Richards Madness: A Defense of the N-word

Eric Deggans, 03.28.2008

TV/Media critic for the St. Petersburg Times

Now, Mooney has joined his famous pal Pryor in renouncing professional use of the n-word, saying Richards was "my Dr. Phil. He's cured me." All of which puts me in a weird position.

Fear and Laughing in Las Vegas

Paul Krassner, 03.28.2008

Author and Satirist

“I’m covering this for The Nation,” I told Jerry Seinfeld. Chris Rock interjected, “The Nation of Islam?” We were in Las Vegas--where Mayo...

Fear and Laughing in Las Vegas

Paul Krassner, 03.28.2008

Author and Satirist

“I’m covering this for The Nation,” I told Jerry Seinfeld. Chris Rock interjected, “The Nation of Islam?” We were in Las Vegas--where Mayo...

Michael Jackson: Discovering the Bottom of the Well of Black Forgiveness

Trey Ellis, 03.28.2008

Novelist, Screenwriter, and Assistant Professor at Columbia University

What interests me most is how some black men seem to discover their “blackness” only when every other avenue seems closed to them. O.J. had hardly a black friend among his buddies at the Riviera Country Club and yet he ran straight to the all-forgiving black bosom as soon as the blood had dried on his Bruno Maglis (allegedly of course).