anthony fauci
Fame and Fauci: An Unlikely Rise to Public Prominence
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Due to COVID-19 pandemic, the infectious disease expert — and Cornell alum — has become a national figure.
ronny chieng
Comedian Ronny Chieng on Asian Representation in Politics, Critics and Life as an Asian in America
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Comedian and The Daily Show senior correspondent Ronny Chieng interacted with a boisterous audience in Statler Auditorium Sunday night.
comedy
Michelle Wolf Addresses Women’s Rights, Immigration at Bailey Hall Lecture
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“Comedians like Michelle can get very famous very quickly — and we wanted to strike while the iron was hot, essentially,” said Daniela Manzano ’19, CUPB executive chair.
The Daily Show
Daily Show Host Trevor Noah to Perform at Cornell in September
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“Trevor Noah is on the up and up,” Sirk said. “This is the time to see him while you can. It’s going to be a great show.”
Arts & Culture
The American Family Veers Off-Road: The Detour
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As someone who watches comedy TV a lot — and I mean a lot — I’ve found that there’s one key ingredient in creating a successful TV comedy: don’t make your show based on a funny plot; make it based on funny characters. Write good characters, and the good plots will come. The Detour, created by The Daily Show power couple Samantha Bee and Jason Jones, completely fails this litmus test for a sustainable, quality TV comedy. The new TBS series follows a family of four attempting to drive to a relaxing beach vacation, finding themselves embroiled in misadventure after misadventure. To make things more complicated, father Nate Parker (Jones) recently lost his job at a nefarious biopharmaceutical company and keeps this hidden from his family, paving the way for even more clandestine antics as he tries to frame his ex-employer for unethical behavior.