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Topic: stand up comedy

Dave Chappelle at the 56th NAACP Image Awards held at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium on February 22, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images)

Some comics love selling out free speech

Melanie McFarland
Marc Maron performs his "All In" tour at the North Shore Center For The Performing Arts on March 28, 2025, in Skokie, Illinois (Barry Brecheisen/Getty Images)

Marc Maron: Maher is "desperate"

Garrett Owen
Andrew Schulz in the Netflix comedy special, "Life." (Courtesy of Netflix)

Everything's permissible now

Melanie McFarland
Bill Maher: Is Anyone Else Seeing This? (Greg Endries/HBO)

Bill Maher, the coastin' elite

Melanie McFarland
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Michelle Buteau: A Buteau-ful Mind at Radio City Music Hall (Clifton Prescod/Netflix)

Can comedy give up trans jokes in 2025?

Melanie McFarland
Hannah Einbinder and Jean Smart in "Hacks" (Max)

Hacks asks why "sorry" is rare in comedy

Melanie McFarland
Ricky Gervais and Katt Williams (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Netflix/Matt Crockett)

Katt Williams is right about bad comedy

Melanie McFarland
Hasan Minhaj attends Apple TV+'s "The Morning Show" Photo Call at Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills on September 08, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Leon Bennett/WireImage/Getty Images)

The manufactured Hasan Minhaj scandal

Sophia A. McClennen
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Dave Chappelle performs during a midnight pop-up show at Radio City Music Hall on October 16, 2022 in New York City. (Jason Mendez/Getty Images for ABA)

Chappelle Israel comments spark walkout

Joy Saha
Aparna Nancherla (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

"True equality is embracing mediocrity"

Nardos Haile
Eddie Izzard (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Eddie Izzard: "I stand up for myself"

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Jim Gaffigan (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Jim Gaffigan's "cynical" evolution

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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Sarah Silverman (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Amid grief, Sarah Silverman made comedy

Melanie McFarland
Jo Koy (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Why Jo Koy gave up on Middle America

D. Watkins
Comedian Nikki Glaser (Photo Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Narayana Murthy / Denise Truscello)

Why Nikki Glaser isn't freezing her eggs

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Chris Rock "Selective Outrage" backstage (Netflix)

Chris Rock fans: "This was real and raw"

Cornelia Holzbauer
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Samantha Bee (Photo illustration by Salon/Mary Ellen Matthews/Getty Images)

Samantha Bee on the womanhood "backlash"

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Margaret Cho (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Margaret Cho's note to drag show haters

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Comedian/actor Richard Belzer performs at the Caroline's On Broadway 20th Anniversary Comedy Concert at Carnegie Hall March 27, 2003 in New York City. (Evan Agostini/Getty Images)

The stand-up conspiracy theorist

Steven Gimbel, Gwydion Suilebhan
David Cross (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Where David Cross draws the comedy line

Dean Obeidallah
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Marc Maron (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Oluwaseye Olusa/HBO)

Maron: "I've done my share of bombing"

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Spotlight on a microphone stand on stage (Getty Images/Adam Taylor)

Stand-up helped me confront depression

Kuang Lee
Drawings by Kevin Nealon from his book "I Exaggerate: My Brushes with Fame" (Abrams Books)

How Kevin Nealon mastered visual comedy

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Joel Kim Booster in Joel Kim Booster: Psychosexual (Terence Patrick/Netflix)

Joel Kim Booster, radically transparent

Melanie McFarland
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