Sreenivasan, the renowned Malayalam actor, writer, and director, passed away at 69, leaving a legacy of political and social ...

With the power of his razor-sharp humor, pioneering political satirist Bassem Youssef left audiences reeling with the effect ...

In this year's WSJ. Magazine Innovators Issue, the long-running late-night sketch comedy/music series was not only the comedy cover stars but also the focus of an in-depth behind-the-scenes look.

Tirades in capitalization, AI meme wars, self-proclamations of greatness, name-calling, deepfakes and slews of hyperbole — parody is cavorting around the Governor Newsom Press Office account on X. And ...

Comedian Jo Koy’s monologue during Monday night’s Golden Globe Awards show clearly fell flat, and not just because he took a cheap shot at Taylor Swift. The audience (and armchair reviewers online) ...

The reason there is very little humorous and biting political satire today is that Americans are far too politically sensitive (“Is political satire a dead art in America?,” Jan. 10). We have become ...

Comedy and music have long served as powerful mediums for addressing societal issues. Throughout history, these art forms have been used to critique and expose the flaws in political systems. Greek ...

'That entertaining piece of it really brings people in, then they will go do information seeking about what that comedian is even talking about' MESA, AZ — The closer we get to election day, the world ...

For the past 25 years, the best political satire in America hasn’t been found in newspapers, or in comedy clubs, or on movie screens or live theater stages. Its home has been Comedy Central‘s “The ...

In the new HBO limited series The Regime, Kate Winslet plays Elena Vernham, the autocratic ruler of a small nation located somewhere in “Middle Europe.” Most of the action takes place inside Elena’s ...

Harry Shearer, the comedian, writer, actor (This Is Spinal Tap) and ubiquitous voice on The Simpsons, ventures into political satire in his new album, Songs of the Bushmen (Courgette Records). The CD ...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: How political was he? Or apolitical for that matter. Veteran writer- actor- director Sreenivasan's political screenplays traverse mostly through wafer-thin margins of both the ...