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Post Comedy

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    What I’ve Learned Performing Comedy at Over 50 College Campuses“When I started touring universities, my first impression was not Wow, these softies can’t take a joke! It was Oh dear God, they are so young!”
    By Sara Schaefer
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    Why Are So Many TV Comedies Pondering the Meaning of Life?The existential comedy has officially arrived.
    By Jen Chaney
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    21 Times Our Favorite Comedy Podcasts Got DarkFrom Beautiful/Anonymous to My Favorite Murder.
    By Megh Wright
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    Comedians Share the Jokes They Most Regret“We all make mistakes, and sometimes I did things I shouldn’t have done. And sometimes you have to call yourself out on it.”
    By Erik Abriss
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    The Rise of the Murder-ComWhy do so many recent TV comedies involve killing?
    By Jen Chaney
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    8 Signs You’re Watching a Post-Comedy ComedyThere are now enough of these types of comedies that you can start to see patterns in how they work.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  7. this week in web videos
    Depressed: Proof Sadness Can Be Funny, Never CoolNadia Osman’s series is more than funny — it’s real and affecting.
    By Luke Kelly-Clyne
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    How the Nontraditional Stand-up Special Took Over ComedyThese comedians are changing our expectations of what a stand-up special can be.
    By Nick Chen
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    How BoJack Horseman Got MadeAn oral history of TV’s favorite alcoholic, narcissistic, self-destructive talking horse.
    By Chris McDonnell
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    Does Atlanta Have a Shot at the Outstanding Comedy Emmy?If it wins, it will be the rare instance of a victory for a more experimental comedy.
    By Jen Chaney
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    How Funny Does Comedy Need to Be?With Nanette, Atlanta, Eighth Grade, Drew Michael, and other similar serious comedies, are we entering the era of post-comedy?
    By Jesse David Fox