“Palmer was hanged outside Stafford Prison on 14th June 1856, watched by an enormous crowd of some 30,000 people. As he stepped onto the rather rickety gallows he turned to his gaoler and said “Are ...

Deciding when gallows humor is okay, Watson says, turns on the ethical question, When is joking a form of abuse -- of a patient, of trust, or of power? A joke about a patient's condition told in front ...

Criticwire’s Daily Reads brings today’s essential news stories and critical pieces to you. 1. Why Movies About Musicians Are Rarely About Music. Surveying a recent clutch of musical biopic and ...

Comedy has always been an inherently political art form, but in the last decade or two, that inherent quality has become more and more overt. You can probably credit (or blame) “The Daily Show With ...

THE makers of “Severance” are selling the horror-comedy as a cross between “Deliverance” and “The Office” (the Ricky Gervais version). But since its target audience probably knows Burt Reynolds only ...

Hollywood took little time to react to the chaotic first presidential debate Tuesday night, with many expressing shock, disgust and even a little gallows humor over what happened. By Abid Rahman ...