Cancel culture has been a constant topic in comedy these days, so let's take a look back at that Kevin Hart Oscars incident and see what cancellation looks like.
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Fox News, with an assist from the president, appears to have succeeded in stopping the release of the Blumhouse produced film.
Part 2 of our chat with the country's leading comedy historian, Kliph Nesteroff, about his latest book 'Outrageous: A History of Showbiz and the Culture Wars.'
From Hallmark to Netflix, let’s take a walk through the history of holiday flicks, its huge commercial appeal, and the psychology as to why we crave these stories time and again.
How the reaction to a piece about how 'Friends' holds up illustrates some of the worst tendencies of pop culture analysis on the Internet.
There has been an unprecedented reckoning about policing in America, and its one that's begun to trickle down into popular culture. Now, it appears 'Paw Patrol' is facing the wrath of the cancel culture... or is it?
Serge Gainsbourg will always be remembered as a giant in French music, and his legacy is truly one-of-a-kind, full of musical experimentation, urban legends, and of course, scandal.
It's a common occurrence these days for film critics to find themselves at odds with vocal fans of a given movie, but the sparring that's been happening around Adam McKay's star-studded latest film, 'Don't Look Up', has felt notably different.
Making a name for yourself is no longer limited to making it big in Hollywood, but rather utilizing social media to share your talent and make a living from the comfort of your home.
Lil Nas X has found himself at the center of the latest great American culture war skirmish (in a 2021 full of them), but Madonna beat him to it by about 30 years and he certainly won't be the last in a seemingly never-ending cycle of outrage.
In these days of culture wars, it appears that the definition of the word "censorship" has been defined down considerably. With the latest example involving the removal of… a single Bob Dylan song from YouTube.
Once in awhile, a story comes along that represents a confluence of just about everything bad going on in culture at the same time.
'Sticks & Stones', and the cultural discussion around it means that we get to once again act out an irritating, tiresome cultural two-step, one marked by bad faith, straw-manning, and a complete misunderstanding of social media outrage, how it works, and its ultimate effects.
After being fired by SNL and sparking a mini-culture war, Shane Gillis made his triumphant return... but it was fairly unremarkable.
We got a chance to talk to the country's leading comedy historian, Kliph Nesteroff, about his latest book 'Outrageous: A History of Showbiz and the Culture Wars.'
Two major cultural happenings, at least not related to COVID-19, have taken place in the first half of July 2020: 'Hamilton' debuted on Disney+, and a massive culture-wide debate has been had over "cancel culture." So naturally, the two have intersected.
Ahead of the release of 'Last Call', we spoke with Jamie Kennedy about the making of the film, his eclectic career, the Armenian indie darling 'Lost and Found in Armenia', 'Scream 5', cancel culture, and more.
'The French Connection' is widely considered an all-time classic and when someone noticed several seconds missing on Criterion it led to widespread concern about censorship and unanswered questions.
In what's pretty clearly the stand-up comedy event of the year, Chris Rock debuted his new special, 'Selective Outrage,' and as expected there's been the same old tired reactions from both sides of the aisle.
As much as we may try to deny it, the fact of the matter is that we actually love a good controversy; so let’s examine 4 circumstances where bad publicity have ironically helped properties achieve higher levels of success.
Not to be confused with 2014's '24: Live Another Day', or 2017's '24: Legacy', nor the much-rumored prequel series about a young Jack Bauer, Fox have been trying to revive the show for years. I have a better idea. I think it's time to just let '24' be over.
The epic feud between Variety and actress Carey Mulligan has now passed its one-year anniversary, and it would be a shame if this were to go down as the main thing that's remembered about 'Promising Young Woman.'
The indictment accuses Netflix of violating Texas statutes, and was handed down on September 23 by a grand jury in Tyler County, Texas.
On its surface, Seth Rogen and Brandon Trost’s 'An American Pickle' is a sweet, breezy film with an oversized heart at its center, but lying just below is a tale of important history not often taught in America.
