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In a World Beset by Pandemic and Strife, Comedy Can Help

In a World Beset by Pandemic and Strife, Comedy Can Help

KQED's Forum vor 6 Jahren

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Why comedy, and why now? That's the question that media and social
change scholar Caty Borum Chattoo poses at the outset of her book,
"A Comedian and An Activist Walk Into a Bar: The Serious Role of
Comedy in Social Justice." In it she and co-author Lauren Feldman
explore how comedy -- by laying bare freighted issues like racism,
sexism and inequality -- can help us work toward bridging divides
and achieving social change. We'll talk about how comedy helps us
make sense of a world turned chaotic by the pandemic and a deeply
divisive government, and we want to hear from you: which comedians
do you turn to these days, and why?