During the busiest week in New York City’s comedy calendar, five comics spent a Saturday afternoon at Sony Hall in Times Square to talk about making jokes in a fraught political moment. The diverse panel included Wyatt Cenac (The Daily Show, Wyatt Cenac’s Problem Areas), Jordan Klepper (The Daily Show, …
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Kay Cannon is ticking off names, one finger at a time. “There’s Amy Heckerling,” she says, mentioning the Fast Times at Ridgemont High director, “and Tamra Davis … Nora Ephron did at least one … and the two women behind theBridget Jones‘ movies, I can’t remember their names.” After some …
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