30 Years Later, Rob Reiner’s Political Masterpiece Is a Sudden Streaming Hit

The late filmmaker Rob Reiner's romance drama The American President, written by Aaron Sorkin, witnessed a sudden surge on ...

Disney’s New Political Comedy Gets 1 of the Worst Box Office Openings

Disney’s latest theatrical release, Ella McCay, is struggling with its box office opening. The political comedy opened to ...
BFI

Ella McCay: a sleepy political comedy

James L. Brooks’ first film as director in 15 years has some great comic moments, but feels like it’s sleepwalking through its sentimental story of a young state Governor thrown in the deep end of ...
Forbes

‘South Park’ And Stephen Colbert’s Cancelation Signal A New Age Of Political Comedy

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about women in comedy. CBS canceled The Late Show with Stephen Colbert last week, and while the three-decade franchise is ...
The Atlantic

Political Comedy, With a Side of Desperation

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. When Donald Trump seemed poised to win the presidential election in 2016, Trevor Noah, then the host of The Daily Show, began the program’s live night-of special ...
Hosted on MSN

Has Trump’s government made political comedy feel important again?

Government pressure to yank Jimmy Kimmel off the air after an on-air comment after Charlie Kirk’s assassination. The cancellation of longtime Donald Trump critic Stephen Colbert’s show after his ...
Variety

Dave Chappelle Joins Mo Amer for Rare Interview on Political Comedy, Fiery ‘SNL’ Monologues and Crying Over Netflix’s ‘Mo’: ‘I’m Not Doing This S—‘ If the ...

Dave Chappelle and Mo Amer became close during the pandemic, when Chappelle managed to secure a COVID testing machine and created a bubble at his Ohio home to bring in comedians to perform. Amer was ...