Word: humors
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Mohun Biswas wants is his own house, but when he marries into the daunting, smothering Tulsi family, he becomes a magnet for misfortune, oppression and humiliation. Set in the Hindu community of postcolonial Trinidad, Mr. Biswas is an epic of persistence and humor, of dignity and dogged self-respect...
...society was one in which most thought black people inferior. Yet Marsh observes: "Although Victorian society was racist through and through, this is not reflected in the art." The exception - and the most disturbing section of the exhibition - parades a series of cartoons and advertisements that saw a crude humor in black caricatures. Marsh was persuaded to include these by black colleagues, who "insisted that negative imagery be included." A disclaimer by this display reads: "[To give] an entirely positive view would be to rewrite history the way we would like it to have taken place." Lest we forget...
...more political humor, visit time.com/cartoons
...some of those at Wernham Hogg Paper Merchants, when the show feels like a full-fledged drama. It takes a little bit of time to get used to. But just watch Andy’s monologue at a Catholic discussion group, and you’ll be sold. The humor, while sometimes more offensive than that of “The Office” (e.g. jokes about cerebral palsy), is unmistakably Gervaisian, and that means unequivocally hilarious. Thankfully, NBC can’t get its hands...
...Everybody Hates Chris: This show has been almost universally lauded by critics as one of the best new shows of the year. But one can’t help but feel that the humor on “Chris” has been ripped from the “Friday” films. The series is apparently based on Rock’s life as a 13-year old growing up in Bed-Stuy but attending an all-white school. But remember: this is from the writing team of Rock and Ali LeRoi, who brought you such hits...