Posts By Christian Toto

You’re not going to like Ike Barinholtz’s character, a liberal named Chris, in “The Oath.”

That’s no accident.

The actor craved some ideological balance for his political satire.

“After I …
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Confession time. This critic loathed “The Greasy Strangler” before he loved it.

Director Jim Hosking’s 2016 oddity threw every awkward moment possible at audiences. You either hit “stop” on your …
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Quick, name the last great comedy that made you laugh and cry.

Not easy, is it?

Billy Crystal’s 1991 comedy “City Slickers [Collector’s Edition] [Blu-ray]” did just that. The film, …
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Rodney King famously said, “Why can’t we all just get along?”

Comic Sarah Silverman has been summoning that spirit while promoting her Hulu series, “I Love You, America.”

Here’s the …
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Imagine reporting on Roseanne Barr’s firing from ABC as, “Comic Loses Gig for Wayward Tweet” … and not mentioning what she wrote.

It’s just not possible.

Barr’s ugly, racially charged …
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A single photograph shamed the entire media landscape, but only for a while.

A reporter covering the case against Dr. Kermit Gosnell snapped a picture of empty rows set aside …
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Steve McGrew calls conservative comics the “punk rockers” of the stand-up world.

“Supporting [President Donald Trump] is like being punk in the ‘70 and ‘80s, going against the establishment,” the …
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Patti LuPone was cursing out President Donald Trump long before Robert De Niro got into the act.

The 69-year-old Broadway legend once said she wouldn’t perform if Trump entered a …
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Damien Chazelle is three for three.

That can be fuzzy in baseball terms, since it can mean three bunt singles or three home runs.

The director of “Whiplash” and “La …
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Justin Norman didn’t mind mocking Donald Trump prior to the 2016 presidential election.

Now, the filmmaker would rather shoot almost any other kind of comedy short than one tweaking the …
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