Three cast members of “Veep,” the acclaimed sitcom that captivated audiences with its merciless satire of American politics, ...

Political comedies are the perfect way to deal with topical issues under the guise of absurdist comedy, and movies like Duck ...

Election is currently available to stream on Netflix. More than two decades after its release, the Reese Witherspoon-led ...

Comedian Jo Koy’s monologue during Monday night’s Golden Globe Awards show clearly fell flat, and not just because he took a cheap shot at Taylor Swift. The audience (and armchair reviewers online) ...

Political satire, it wasn’t. The headlines from CNN, The Hollywood Reporter and many other media outlets — “‘SNL’ Takes Aim at Pro-Palestine Campus Protesters in Cold Open” reported The Daily Beast — ...

The Statesman is a very funny satire, but "funny peculiar" rather than "funny ha ha". A deliberately anachronistic production, that looks at the impact of controlled speech, and the inevitable ...

In the new HBO limited series The Regime, Kate Winslet plays Elena Vernham, the autocratic ruler of a small nation located somewhere in “Middle Europe.” Most of the action takes place inside Elena’s ...

Early reviewers of “The Unfolding” expressed their divided feelings about the novel. NOT whether it is first rate or not — everyone admires A.M. Homes’ work and especially this novel — but rather how ...

Buffalo Theatre Ensemble’s well-timed revival of “The Outsider” accomplishes several things. It delivers laughs, evidenced by the enthusiastic response from the audience on opening night. It explains ...

What does a cranky attorney know about funny? Scarsdale, N.Y.: To Alan Dershowitz (“50 years of ‘SNL’ is just not funny,” op-ed, Feb. 20): NYC is full of park benches with elderly men baying at the ...

Jimmy Fallon, host of NBC’s The Tonight Show, has declared his intention to minimize political content in favor of a focus on ...