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One of Victoria Wood’s recurring themes was television, something that until recently, held the nation together. As such, she is the consummate English comic.
We start laughing at around 3 months of age. Women laugh more than men, but blokes tell more jokes. As the Melbourne International Comedy Festival begins, here’s the latest on mirth.
From Chris Rock’s opening monologue to red carpet hits (and misses), our experts analyze key moments from this year’s Academy Awards.
The Trevor Noah phenomenon speaks to an influential comedic revolution that is happening in South Africa. Its comics operate in an increasingly complex, high-risk and conflict-intense society.
New adult Ladybird books on The Hipster and The Husband fall flat.
Magda Szubanski’s engaging debut memoir, Reckoning, is an exercise in precisely that: reconciling the past. It is also a celebration of the life and career of one of our greatest comedians.
Studio heads are hesitant to give a woman the reins of a late night show. Are they pandering to their target audiences?
This year’s Melbourne Fringe Festival program features an array of performances by artists with disabilities. Their work tells its audience what the mainstream looks like from the margins.
Positive stories about the mainstreaming of female comedians could become a smokescreen for an industry getting ever less diverse across a number of areas.
The 21st century spy movie is typically a pretty serious affair, but Ritchie’s film shows that there are still bountiful satirical possibilities.
They’re rude, crude and uncouth. So what makes farts so funny?
Stewart’s final message to viewers – “the best defense against bullshit is vigilance. If you smell something, say something” – were true to his unique brand of political satire.
The recently released Les Combattants is just the latest addition to a fast-expanding body of Hollywood-style rom-coms to come out of France.
In Australia, from its beginnings, humour and irony have been small weapons in the armoury of the oppressed, the outcast, or those simply fed up with cultural uniformity.
Most of us are familiar with the National Lampoon films of the 70s and 80s. But this documentary offers insight into the magazine of the same name and the questionable dynamics of modern satire.
The Victorian author has a lot more to offer than you might think. Find out where to get started.
The pathway to academic success is not always about the number of papers you’ve published. Some have found that a sense of humour can be just as useful.
It’s okay, even desirable, to let the fashion “poker face” slip every now and again.
Opinion is rife as to what Aboriginal and Torres Islander humour is, even though Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have been delivering it on a platter for centuries.
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Professor of English, Flinders University
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Professor of Film Studies, Bangor University
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Professor of International Affairs and Comparative Literature, Penn State
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Senior Lecturer, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Lecturer in Performance, University of Salford
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Lecturer in Communications and Media, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Lecturer in Journalism, Swansea University
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PhD Candidate, University of Leeds
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Sessional lecturer and researcher, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer, Faculty of Health, Arts and Design, Swinburne University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in French and Francophone Studies, Bangor University
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Associate Professor in the Media School, Indiana University
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Senior Lecturer in Communication, University of Technology Sydney
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Assistant Professor of Psychology, Fort Lewis College
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Senior Lecturer in Media, Film and Cultural Studies, University of Sussex
