Can any comedian, even one as talented as John Oliver, make a laughing matter out of the crisis in Medicaid?
Tag: Last Week Tonight
Suing JOHN OLIVER For Defamation: A Good Use Of Time?
Speaking of occupational hazards, comedians cannot help but irritate people and they do it aplenty. And, for what it is worth, they do get sued by those they piss off. This time John Oliver, host of HBO’s Last Week Tonight, has been sued for defamation by Robert Murray, founder and CEO of coal company Murray…
Diversity in Late-Night Comedy: Confronting the tough reality of a changing market
How does the push for more diversity in late-night comedy square with a declining viewership?
What are Lawyers Doing Today at Late Night Shows and Why?
What are lawyers doing behind the scenes at today’s Late Shows and why?
The Brave New World of Muckraking Comedy
Is muckraking comedy a good thing?
Spy Magazine and Today’s Brutal Political Satire: An Origin Story?
A remarkable feature of today’s political satire is what appears to be its “snark and insult” character. By most accounts, it wasn’t always this rough and mean. Perhaps the most persuasive theory on how we started down this brutal path is that the now defunct Spy magazine from the 1980s and 1990s put us on…