For the first seven years of her life, Alonzo lived in an abandoned diner in a south Texas border town. Her new Netflix stand-up special is called Upper Classy.
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Aparna Nancherla is tapping into ancestral rage
Anxiety has always played a major role in Aparna Nancherla’s comedy. She spoke with Rachel about growing into her rage and feeling godlike when she’s alone.
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Her parents died 9 days apart, but Sarah Silverman gets the last laugh in ‘PostMortem’
Silverman’s father and stepmother are buried under one tombstone that reads: “Janice and Donald, who loved to laugh.” The loss was a starting point for Silverman’s “cathartic” Netflix comedy special.
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Bill Burr: ‘I am a mess of a human being … but it makes for good comedy’
Burr is known for his contrarian, fiery stand-up, but lately he’s been feeling lighter on stage. His latest Hulu comedy special is Bill Burr: Drop Dead Years.Â
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Comic D.J. Demers jokes a lot about hearing loss — but won’t be ‘the hearing aid guy’
Demers was diagnosed with hearing loss when he was 4 years old. As a kid, he saw nothing funny about it — but then he learned to make people laugh. He just dropped his fourth stand-up special.
