Larry Charles' Dangerous World of Comedy (2019)

Genre

documentary television program, comedy television program

Country

United States

Length

1 season, 4 episodes

Rated

TV-MA

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Larry Charles visits dangerous countries and extreme online communities to find out how comedy works there. He talks to local comedians and alt-right internet figures about the risks and limits of humor.

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What happens

Larry Charles' Dangerous World of Comedy is an American documentary television series that premiered on Netflix on February 15, 2019. The 4-part series follows the comedy writer and director Larry Charles, of ‘Borat’ and ‘The Dictator’ fame, as he "travels the world in search of humor in the most unusual, unexpected and dangerous places," such as Iraq, Somalia, Liberia, and Nigeria. He interviews comedians including Ahmad Al-Basheer, Trevor Noah, Brace "PissPigGranddad" Belden, and Hatoon Kadi. He also spends time exploring the American alt-right and its relationship to comedy, interviewing internet figures Anthime "Baked Alaska" Gionet and Andrew "Weev" Auernheimer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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