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07/27/2018

In Plain Sight

An interview with Blindspotting's Rafael Casal

by Byshera Williams

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03/26/2018

Death by Balloon

The horrifying and hilarious world of Junji Ito

by Chris Mautner

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04/06/2015

Buddy Up

From buddy comedies to world peace?

by Paula Marantz Cohen

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02/09/2015

After Joan

It's our first awards season without Joan Rivers. But life – and the red carpet – go on.

by Paula Marantz Cohen

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06/04/2010

Laugh Riot

The problem isn't female comedians. It's how we sort comedy.

by Meg Favreau

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11/02/2009

Excerpts from Søren Kierkegaard’s Repetition

On the nature of farce.

by M.G. Piety

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06/29/2009

Do You Remember the Time?

Advice and insight from a professional poet.

by Kristen Hoggatt

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06/05/2008

Gallagher? Seriously?

I saw him smash a watermelon. No, not in 1988. Last week.

by Meg Favreau

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