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The Second City Network Joins In On The Recent Interest In Everything Slavery-Themed (Are You Laughing?)

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  • June 21, 2012 8:58 AM
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The highly anticipated Quentin Tarantino film Django Unchained . . . Steve McQueen's Twelve Years A Slave . . . the controversial adidas "slavery-chain" sneakers.  The piece of American history that many Americans don't like to talk about is suddenly the talk of the town.  And the famous Second City comedy improv troupe, which has in the past done sketches featuring slavery-themes, has decided to foray into familiar territory with one of their latest, titled, If Credit Card Companies Told The Truth.
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Funny Women Are A Hot Commodity Right Now-- So Why Aren't We Seeing More Of These Funny Women On The Big & Small Screens?

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  • March 7, 2012 9:01 AM
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The commercial success of the 2011 comedy film Bridesmaids proved to some industry insiders what many of us already knew-- that women are just as funny, if not funnier, than men.  What followed were major-award noms for Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy for their performances in the film, and network TV opportunities for female comics like Whitney Cummings (Whitney, 2 Broke Girls) and others.  I think it's time for funny women like Claudia M. Wallace, Leslie "Big Les" Jones, and Anjelah Johnson to also get a shot at making us laugh on a grander stage.
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