jokes
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Directed by Thea Sharrock and written by Natalie Krinsky, Cinco Paul and Katie Silberman, “Ladies First” invites pointed as well as pungent jokes, and the opportunities are fully exploited, sometimes with enormous wit.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
“Full Phil” took about an hour to reveal its point — that parenthood makes you a glutton for punishment — and the jokes are more gestures at where a joke should be.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
The vice president even recycled some of Rubio's jokes, saying "Marco's right, this really is chaos!" as reporters clamored to get his attention.
From Barron's • May 19, 2026
The broad audience reach and the nightly airing of these shows have ensured that the jokes create a broad interpretive community that translates comedic barbs into collective consciousness.
From Salon • May 19, 2026
The confident, unhurried way he addressed my father, the dozens of jokes he made about Miss Genovese.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
