A new cross-cultural study reveals that people living in societies with strict social norms are less skilled at creating humor. This suggests that comedic ability is heavily shaped by our cultural ...

"Chinglish," David Henry Hwang's acclaimed 2011 Broadway comedy about an American businessman in China, makes its regional premiere this week. The collaboration between Black Lab Theatre and Asia ...

In previous posts, I focused on the small-scale influences affecting our understanding of vulnerability and its subsequent influence on our laugh response. These include personality, personal ...

“Native humor can be dark and raunchy — and it’s weird,” says Tazbah Chavez, a writer, producer and director on “Reservation Dogs,” the off-kilter show that follows Native teenagers navigating their ...

It’s a Monday night, and the bar I’m in is filled with wall-to-wall funny — potentially. A dozen stand-up comics from Austin to Del Rio to San Antonio — collectively, the inaugural leg of the first ...

I recently made what I thought was a snarky New York quip but I deeply offended the person I was joking about. That simply proves the point that you really have to know your audience and make sure ...