By Andrew Short | January 4, 2010 at 12:41 pm | No comments
A film documenting behind-the-scene and on-stage antics of the second annual Detroit International Comedy Festival, “Laugh Detroit,” will be released this Tuesday, Jan. 5.
The documentary is a product of filmmaker Jim Dudek, who is a resident of Berkley, MI. - a suburb of...
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By Emma Kat Richardson | September 29, 2009 at 3:39 pm | No comments
If laughter is the best medicine, then perhaps funnymen (and women) of all stripes make the best healers. Such is certainly true in the case of Bill Cosby, who has pledged his support for helping to heal Detroit public schools of low-enrollment rates.
Cosby will lend his famous...
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By Emma Kat Richardson | June 4, 2009 at 12:25 pm | 3 comments
Sticking a modern, Comedy Central-reared comedian with the “quirky” label has become something of an ironic cliche. In the case of Demetri Martin, however, cliche is the last description that could ever be comfortably affixed.
Performing on May 15 sans opening act at the...
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