Laughter Against the Machine
Hollywood Improv - The Lab 8162 Melrose Ave Los Angeles, CA 90046 View Map
Monday, Apr 30 at 7:30 PM
W. Kamau Bell, Nato Green and Janine Brito, touring as Laughter Against the Machine, offer a unique kind of comedy where the comedians and the audience to expect to be challenged, to laugh, and think at the same time. It's an issue-oriented, no-holds-bar show with no preconceived expectations, no party lines, and certainly no cheerleading - because they have beef with everybody, including themselves.After a successful fundraising campaign on Kickstarter last year, they were able to go out on tour to some of America's most volatile political hotspots, to try and answer the question: what role does comedy play in the revolution? In addition to visiting seven of the Occupy wall Street encampments, they crossed the border in Arizona with Immigration rights groups Culturestrike and Puente, marched with striking hotel workers in Chicago, went to a Mosque in Michigan, touched the levee in the lower 9th ward in New Orleans, and hung out with street artists against oil pipelines in DC. All of this in an attempt to educate themselves on the issues they care about and bring some much needed laughter to the front lines.
SPECIAL GUESTS:
7:30 show:
Greg Proops
Maria Bamford
Jimmy Dore
9:30 show:
Maria Bamford
Aparna Nancherla
Hasan Minhaj
Artists Performing:
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W. Kamau Bell
W. Kamau Bell
W. Kamau Bell is a Bay Area based comedian who has been named the Bay Area's best comedian in three different publications --- SF Weekly, SF Bay Guardian, & 7x7 Magazine. Kamau told the very first joke about Barack Obama on Comedy Central’s Premium Blend waaaaaaaay back in 2005. Unfortunately, th... [More]
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Maria Bamford
Maria Bamford
What 38-year old comedian earned “Best of the Web” from Salon.com and the Harvard Crimson for her web series The Maria Bamford Show? What entertainer is one of Variety’s “Top Ten Comics to Watch” and was voted by Comedy Central viewers as one of their “Top Ten Fa... [More]
Known For:
- Comedy Central Presents
- Comedians of Comedy
- The Maria Bamford Show
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Jimmy Dore
Jimmy Dore
Jimmy Dore is an American comedian who has been performing stand-up comedy for 19 years.[1] He was born and raised into a catholic family of 12 on the southwest side of Chicago, Illinois. Jimmy is the star of several Comedy Central specials, and a writer performer for the Off-Broadway hit "The ... [More]
Known For:
- 1 Hour Special
- Marijuana-logues
- Citizen Jimmy
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Hasan Minhaj
Hasan Minhaj
Hasan Minhaj is a comedian, actor, and writer based in Los Angeles, California. He currently plays the role of ‘Seth’ on ABC Family’s ‘State of Georgia’ and is a series regular on MTV’s improv comedy show ‘Disaster Date’. Hasan has appeared on E!&lsquo... [More]
Upcoming Shows:
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Aparna Nancherla
Aparna Nancherla
Aparna Nancherla has an intimidating name, but don't be scared! In fact, she's quite approachable onstage, from a heckler's perspective. She enjoys seeing the world through awkward contact lenses. Her credits include Last Comic Standing 6, 2007 NBC Stand Up for Diversity Finalist, NPR’s “Tell Me Mor... [More]
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Greg Proops
Greg Proops
“Sharp dressed and even sharper witted.” -LA Times "Bravely recording some of the boldest comedy on the podcasting frontier right now." -Rolling Stone Magazine Greg Proops is a stand up comic from San Francisco. He lives in Hollywood. It's not that bad. Profe... [More]
Upcoming Shows:
Known For:
- Whose Line Is It Anyway
- The Green Room with Paul Provenza
- The Benson Interruption
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- 18 & over
