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The Comedy Industry Has a Big Alt-Right Problem
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Catie Lazarus, Comedian With a Lot of Questions, Dies at 44
On her live show “Employee of the Month,” she got laughs by interrogating writers, artists, politicians, intellectuals and her fellow comics.
The comedian Catie Lazarus in 2015. She began interviewing prominent people about their careers, she said, “because I couldn’t quite figure out how to break in.”Credit.Andrea Mohin/The New York Times
Published Dec. 20, 2020Updated Dec. 21, 2020
Catie Lazarus, a writer and comedian who probed the minds of celebrities and created her own late-night comedy universe on her longstanding self-produced live New York talk show, “Employee of the Month,” died on Dec. 13 in her apartment in Brooklyn. She was 44.
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But New York s legacy is one of constant destruction and rebirth. Like a classic slice of New York pizza, Gotham is eternal.
This is an opinion column. The thoughts expressed are those of the author.
In 2016 the writer Anna Calhoun published a book called St. Marks Is Dead: The Many Lives of America s Hippest Street. It s a fascinating history of the four-block East Village thoroughfare, which remained a hub for artists, activists, and bohemians for more than a century.
more than little tiny bits and pieces of her. with featured players, they are folding her in as a feature. i am using the term folder. they are sort of starting her offs a feature player. featured players don t get big, huge sketches to begin with. i think they gave us all a little taste, sort of a poo-poo pla platter. somebody is going to tweet and i am going to get in trouble for that. time will be the true test. she comes from a strong background. she is with the up right citizens brigade theater. she comes from good training. i can t say the name of where she comes from. she is good. up right citizens brigade. it is early for me. i m sorry. it is early for me too. i get ya. thank you so much for being with us, kim coles. we appreciate it, as always. thank you.