Word: stand-up
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...think my comedy is that political. It's more social. But whatever. When you make comedy and you do stand-up, you work alone. Movies have to go under so much scrutiny. A stand-up special is a vision, and a movie is a consensus in a lot of ways...
...patriotism when he said that her opposition to “the Surge” was helping al Qaeda, he responded, “I questioned her judgment.” He continued: “The terrorists don’t expect to beat us in a stand-up fight. They never have. They’re not likely to try. The only way they can win is if we lose our nerve and abandon our mission...
...Evidence of growing White House sensitivity to the politically charred controversy surfaced yesterday when Dan Bartlett, one of Bush's top advisers, made a lengthy appearance in Mexico to lay out the White House version of events. Calling Gonzales "a stand-up guy," Bartlett stressed the President's full support for his attorney general...
...fitting that each segment of Comedy Central's The Axis of Evil Comedy Special (March 10), the first TV stand-up show with all Middle Eastern--American comics, begins with each comedian walking onstage through a metal detector. The 9/11 attacks changed the airport from a place of comical annoyance to a place of suspicion and dread. "Whenever I get on a plane, I always know who the air marshal is," says Axis' Ahmed Ahmed. "He's the guy holding the PEOPLE magazine upside down, staring right...
...edgy line, but it shows how suited comedy is to introducing a group that mass culture has stereotyped, literally, as walking time bombs. Stand-up is warfare by humorous means. Just look at the violent lingo: comedians slay a crowd, or they die. Four years into Iraq, the U.S. may finally be ready to meet a group of incisive Middle Eastern Americans who do anything but bomb. In fact, they kill...