Black American novelists, filmmakers and other writers are using comedy to reveal — and combat — our era’s disturbing ...

Satire requires courage and ignorance. "The broadcasters need to have courage in standing up to the newspapers. And the best satire is made by kids who don’t know how things ought to be done.

For reasons unclear, “The Studio” on Apple TV+ steers in the opposite direction. A satire of the movie business, Seth Rogen plays Matt Remick, a studio executive who isn’t cold-blooded but ...