I once attended a Q&A with Chris Kraus, the author of I Love Dick. She was promoting her biography of Kathy Acker, a work she undertook at least partially because she didn’t like Acker. It struck me as a particularly selfish act. But here I am choosing to write a review of the TV show […]
Continue ReadingI saw Tracy Morgan headline twice in 2016 near the beginning and the end of his “Picking Up the Pieces” tour: March at SXSW in Austin, Texas; then November at Carnegie Hall in NYC for the New York Comedy Festival. As I write in my official review of Tracy Morgan: Staying Alive on Netflix for […]
Continue ReadingAfter a season full of her show-stopping Sean Spicer cameos – and after video emerged last week of her, in character, cruising around NYC on a motorized podium – there was no doubt that Melissa McCarthy would be the perfect host to help wind down this season of Saturday Night Live. And with this latest […]
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During the Rashomon-esque, ninth season episode of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, “The Gang Saves the Day,” we get a brief glimpse of what each member of the Gang envisions their lives being like after surviving a robbery attempt. In Deandra “Sweet Dee” Reynolds’ (Kaitlin Olson) daydream, the rest of the Gang is dead (by […]
Continue ReadingI had the opportunity to speak to Norm Macdonald right after I had previewed his new Netflix hour, Hitler’s Dog: Gossip & Trickery. We had a great chat and I’ll post that shortly. But first, my thoughts on Macdonald’s Netflix special. He agreed with me on this part: Toward the end of his first Netflix […]
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I’d reviewed Chris Gethard’s one-man show, “Career Suicide,” more than a year ago while he was still performing it at his comedy home, the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York City. Enjoyed it then, and perhaps even more now that Gethard had the time to workshop it across America, over at the Edinburgh Fringe, […]
Continue ReadingWonder Woman star Chris Pine hosted this week’s slightly offbeat, thankfully mostly Trump-free episode of SNL, and despite the fact that most viewers probably had a hard time identifying the actor – a fact that he addressed right up top – Pine was a playful and deft addition to the cast, smiling through typical hot-guy-host […]
Continue ReadingI’ve been telling you since Anthony Atamanuik first stepped onto the UCB stage to debate James Admonian as “Trump vs. Bernie” for the first time, that we were watching something special. Sure, you can find plenty of other Trump impersonators, and plenty more since Trump became president. You may laugh at one or all of […]
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