The live comedy scene seems to expand exponentially every year. From award nominees to TV stars to online sensations and podcast heroes, stand-ups are all getting back to their stage roots. Here is ...

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Comedy is difficult, because it’s typically so wedded to culture. What can be uproariously funny in a certain place or time can easily seem passé or even offensive in a different locale or another era ...

A movie that makes it onto The A.V. Club‘s best films of the year list probably also includes at least one of the best scenes of the year. But a film also doesn’t need to be an indisputable success as ...

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