Though preliminary ratings suggest that it wasn't a hit on par with last year's "The Wiz Live!," Wednesday night's "Hairspray Live!" was a boisterous, technically dazzling, socially relevant and frequently very funny staging of the musical based on John Waters'..
I don't want to be the go-to person in a roomful of people, preaching to the allegedly converted about why culture (or, say, journalism) needs diversity in all its acronyms – your BAMERs, LGBTQIs, ABC1s C2DEs – to be interesting and smart and funny and relevant.
That has intimidated some potential hosts in the past, but not Jamie Foxx, who will assume the duties of being funny, relevant and the stable center of a sometimes-chaotic show tomorrow night on MTV at 8. "It's exciting, not scary," Mr. Foxx said during a break from rehearsals yesterday.
The second thing is that we are holding each other to a high standard and always coming back to the drawing board and assessing how we can make the podcast better, more relevant, funnier, and even more transparent.
I want to be the person whos invited because hes funny, interesting, relevant and can bring some insights..
It wouldn't be funny or relevant and there are several reasons for this fact.
A successful Kickstarter later, issue one launched in February and featured a broad range of contributors on a host of relevant topics: funny, touching comics about anxiety, personal essays about self harm and disordered eating, photo stories, interviews, poems and an article about Kanye West's depression.
The shows reflect society generally, in that the loudest, most persistent voices, and not necessarily those with the most relevant or funny things to say, are the ones that are heard.
Start with a shocking or relevant fact, a funny and engaging anecdote, or with an inspiring quote.
