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Michelle Wolf: the unstoppable rise of America’s provocative political comic

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Posted On May 22, 2018
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Her caustic White House correspondents dinner speech will be no shock for fans of the former Daily Show contributor When Michelle Wolf arrived at the Edinburgh festival in 2016 she was the latest in a long line of bubbling-under US standups to use the fringe to hone their craft and build an international audience. She...

Dick Gregory, pioneering US comedian and activist, dies aged 84

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Posted On August 29, 2017
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Gregory used his humour to break racial barriers in the 1960s and even ran for president in 1968 Dick Gregory, the black comedian who broke down racial barriers in the 1960s and used humour to spread messages of social justice, has died. He was 84. Gregorys son, Christian, said his father died late on Saturday...