Articles For The Kingdom Age
During the summer of 2020, when most of the world was shut down over Covid-19, Norm Macdonald was scheduled to undergo a procedure related to the leukemia that would ultimately kill him. The comedian “didn’t want to leave anything on the table in case things went south,” so he shot a special in his house,…
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There’s no way to discuss this without offering spoilers, so if you haven’t watched Ricky Gervais’s “SuperNature,” go watch it now. I shouldn’t mention that, because if you do watch it, then you’ll have no need to read this article because that’s how bad the coverage has been. The set opens with Gervais whipping out…
Read More “In ‘SuperNature,’ Ricky Gervais Defends Comedy From Leftist Spinsters” »
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The show opens with Scott Thompson sporting long, white, bejeweled hair, selling a copy of “Brain Candy” at a garage sale. Upon completion of the transaction for one earth dollar, Thompson holds the coin up, beams, and proclaims the curse is broken. “The Kids in the Hall” can return. With that quasi-trip through the fourth…
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After USA Today named Rachel Levine, the male head of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, one of its “Women of the Year,” Twitter suspended popular satire site The Babylon Bee for bestowing a similar award on Levine: Man of the Year. Twitter threatened to keep the account locked until the Bee deletes the…
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Conservative humorist P.J. O’Rourke was a true pioneer who showed that conservatives, not often associated with humor but regarded as the dead-serious-head-exploding-in-anger Ann Coulter or Glenn Beck, could be funny. And he made it seem natural that they should. O’Rourke died Tuesday at the age of 74. The conservative movement does boast a few comedians,…
Read More “Political Satirist P.J. O’Rourke, Now Resting In Peace At 74, Had No Sacred Cows” »
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At summer camp one time I was part of an elaborate game of human Clue. The counselors dressed up in laboriously ridiculous costumes and tasked us with equally ridiculous challenges before they would give us hints toward discovering whodunnit. It was amusing, ever so slightly degrading, and went on just a bit too long. Same…
Read More “Like A Case Gone Cold, ‘Murderville’ Goes On Too Long” »
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As Spotify mulls the fate of Joe Rogan, Netflix is facing pressure over British comedian Jimmy Carr’s latest stand-up special. If the 2020s feel like “Russian Doll,” it’s because we’re indeed reliving the same hopeless cycle day after day, trapped in a perpetual battle to protect people from corporate censorship. It’s dull and maddening all…
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The first installment of “Ozark” season four dropped on Netflix at the end of January, hooking fans back into the much-anticipated next chapter of the Byrde family drama with lead Jason Bateman at the helm. It’s no surprise that “Ozark” — which follows Marty (Bateman) and Wendy Byrde (Laura Linney) and their two kids navigating…
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