We admire comedians who punctuate their political opinions with wit, creativity, and humor. When truly great stand-ups take the stage for an hour-long set — whether they’re on the right, left, or outer space — they almost always leave us with a joke or two that really makes us think: Somehow, they articulated powerful political truths in wildly novel ways.
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This means, of course, that during the other 55 minutes of their routine, they weren’t articulating powerful political truths. They were just telling jokes.
That’s because a comedian’s primary responsibility is to be funny if he can make audiences laugh while saying something poignant, wonderful. But if a well-timed fart joke gets a bigger belly laugh, the job of the comedian is
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