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Things We Used To Love, What Is "Funny"?, Sex Unzipped

Things We Used To Love, What Is "Funny"?, Sex Unzipped

FromBut Is It Funny?


Things We Used To Love, What Is "Funny"?, Sex Unzipped

FromBut Is It Funny?

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Length:
57 minutes
Released:
Nov 9, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

With Jamal Khadar, Brian Logan and Suchandrika ChakrabartiRevisiting comedy we used to love - with reference to shows including Sex & The City, Seinfeld, Bill HicksDigging deeper into the question: But Is It Funny? - do we need a better language for reviewing comedy?Reference:https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2006/jul/27/comedySex Unzipped on Netflix  - does it really deserve zero stars?Referenceshttps://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/oct/26/sex-unzipped-review-perverse-sesame-street-is-a-tv-disgracehttps://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2021/11/sex-love-and-goop-sex-education-netflix-sex-positivity/620588/Shout outsFor Quantum Leopard @2Northdown @LucyMangan and the Romesh Ranganathan puppet
Released:
Nov 9, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (25)

Comedy critics in conversation: with The Guardian's Brian Logan, writer and comedian Suchandrika Chakrabarti, and writer Jamal Khadar. Each week they discuss what’s new in stand-up, who is making waves and dig deeper into what we laugh at and why. ‘But Is It Funny?’ is produced by Counterpoints Arts as part of its' PopChange (Pop Culture & Social Change) programme.