Read Patton Oswalt’s “Closed Letter to Myself About Thievery, Heckling and Rape Jokes”
Just as essential for those of you who aren’t comedians to read as it is for those of you who are in the trade.
Review: Trevor Noah, “Born a Crime”
The tale of a mixed-race South African born from an African mother and a Swiss father who just wants to be identified as a black American. Is that a crime, too?
Jerry Lewis and The Man Problem: The Bullying of Women in Comedy
As they say where Jerry Lewis can hear them: “Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.”
But it doesn’t have to continue to be this way.
An Open Letter From a Decent, White Male Comic, by Jim Tews (republished with permission from the author — words commonplace before Tumblr’s reblog button)
“Do things the way you want to see them done.”
Also, a healthy reminder that good apples exist among and apart from the bad apples, so how you like them apples depends upon picking and sticking with the good ones.
RIP Jonathan Winters (1925-2013)
Jonathan Winters was and always will be one of comedy’s superheroes.
I already miss him terribly.
Career at the turning point: Nina Conti rediscovers ventriloquism through “Her Master’s Voice”
It’s a charming, poignant and revealing documentary. You should see it!
In the wake of the Carnival Triumph…
Confessions of a “Boat Hack,” from stand-up comedian Jimmy Dunn.
Women Aren’t Funny.
A new documentary directed by stand-up comedian Bonnie McFarlane (HBO half-hour, Comedy Central Presents, Last Comic Standing). NYC screening on Feb. 9, 2013, at the Athena Film Festival.
