Yonkers Comedy ClubAug 8, 20232 minComedy as controlling languageAccording to cultural analyst Susan Purdie, the true aim of humor is to regulate language and meaning. When comedians command a podium,...
Yonkers Comedy ClubAug 8, 20232 minComedy should punch up rather than kick downRich Vos, an American comedian, recently threw racist "jokes" at female Indigenous guests at a Winnipeg comedy club, as though he hoped...
Yonkers Comedy ClubAug 8, 20232 minComedy for survivalBeing what the great Ojibway writer Drew Hayden Taylor refers to as "a person of pallor" — white — I can't understand the historical and...
Yonkers Comedy ClubJul 27, 20232 minStand-up comedy and the pursuit of Cultural legitimacyIn different parts of the world, new bickering has begun that stand-up comedy is not a cultural thing but it’s a pursuit to cry out the...