What Do We Want from Comedy? : vimarsana.com

Adam Gopnik reviews “Outrageous: A History of Showbiz and the Culture Wars,” by Kliph Nesteroff, and “Comedy Book: How Comedy Conquered Culture—and the Magic That Makes It Work,” by Jesse David Fox.

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