How Larry Wilmore Uses ‘The Nightly Show’ to Take on Tragedies Like Paris
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At a panel moderated by Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Larry Wilmore and his Nightly Show team talk Paris, race, and how they use comedy to fight back against terrible news.
For Larry Wilmore’s former boss Jon Stewart, there are some things that are just too serious to joke about. On the first Daily Show after 9/11, Stewart delivered a long, emotional monologue that was almost entirely devoid of comedy.
“The view from my apartment was the World Trade Center and now...
