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Wednesday, April 7, 2021

Athena Kugblenu: ‘The more you get cancelled, the more immune you are to it’ by Jamal Khadar

The standup comedian’s new Radio 4 series picks through the minefield of cancel culture – and offers up a few mea culpas “If real life was like social media, it would look like The Goo…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42AM
Thursday, November 26, 2020

For 100 points, who can spell Michelle Pfeiffer? Bameshow, the chaotic panel show parody by Jamal Khadar

Comics of colour are hitting back at tokenism, stereotyping and people mispronouncing their names, with a mould-breaking new show. We meet the team behind it Leila Navabi has always loved ga…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:54PM
Wednesday, October 14, 2020

‘This room’s not ready for me’: improv as a BAME comic by Jamal Khadar

I’ve worked as the only person of colour on improv nights for years and found problems – and potential. Now diverse groups are finding laughs a more inclusive way In improv, when one com…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24AM