What is Comedy's Cultural Impact?
Anne Libera is the director of comedy studies at Columbia College Chicago and The Second City.
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What is Comedy's Cultural Impact?
Your impact checklist
Here are a list of things you can do before and after the event to join the conversation.
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Take all those funny, important thoughts in your brain and say them out loud at an open mic night in Chicago.
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Start thinking about why you find something funny and use that to reflect on your own biases.
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Pick up a copy of Negin Farsad’s book How To Make White People Laugh, Phoebe Robinson’s You Can’t Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain, Anne Libera’s The Second City Almanac of Improvisation, or Bob Saget’s Dirty Daddy.
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Take an improv class at Second City, CSz Chicago or iO.
- Add Phoebe Robinson’s co-hosted podcast “2 Dope Queens” to your list.
Comedy: But, Seriously...
Take a thoughtful look at comedy that goes beyond the jokes and digs into the cultural implications of the art form.
It’s no secret that Chicago is one of the world’s biggest comedy hubs. From Bill Murray to Tina Fey, some of the biggest names in the business have cut their teeth in the city. Comedy shapes our conversations and allows society to reflect on how it’s changed. A joke that was funny 20, 10 or even two years ago may seem completely unacceptable today. Take a thoughtful look at comedy as a whole with some movers and shakers in both the local and national scene.
