#WATCH: America's Mark Twain Prize Comic, Dave Chappelle, returns with his #RedemptionSong special, taking on COVID, people afraid of COVID, The Capitol Domestic Terrorism, American Terrorists, and more!
#WATCH: America's Mark Twain Prize Comic, Dave Chappelle, returns with his #RedemptionSong special, taking on COVID, people afraid of COVID, The Capitol Domestic Terrorism, American Terrorists, and more!
#WATCH: America's Mark Twain Prize Comic, Dave Chappelle, returns with his #RedemptionSong special, taking on COVID, people afraid of COVID, The Capitol Domestic Terrorism, American Terrorists, and more!
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Instead, Wiig and Mumolo have defied expectations: the former taking on a string of oddball roles in movies both small (
Hateship Loveship,
Wonder Woman 1984), and the latter co-writing, of all things, the 2017 military-combat-dog tear-jerker
Megan Leavey and earning a “story by” credit on David O. Russell’s rags-to-Miracle Mop melodrama
Joy. All right, sure! Listen, Hollywood is a supremely weird and difficult business, and I admire Wiig and Mumolo’s commitment to making supremely weird and difficult choices. Which brings me to the pair’s latest project,
Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar.
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So there was this old couple who had been married for 42 years and had two children.
All of you must have heard of Munawar Faruqui. He is India’s World No. 1 stand-up comedian. They say his jokes are so powerful they can offend sentiments and destroy the nation even before he tells them. I don’t agree though. I think it’s just propaganda. The reality is that, in the last six years, it has become almost impossible for the average citizen to crack a joke. It’s as if India has embraced the policy of One Nation, One Joker.