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The Brian Lehrer Show / February 21, 2006

The Brian Lehrer Show

Tuesday, February 21, 2006

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Black Humor

Colson Whitehead and W. E. B. Dubois are not usually thought of for their comedic writing, but they appear in a new anthology of African-American humor. Novelist Paul Beatty has compiled the funniest elements from fiction, theater, and political speeches, including the witticism of Rev. Al Sharpton.
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Con-finement

Richard Hamill, clinical psychologist and president of the NYS Alliance of Sex Offender Service Providers,
and
Frank Padavan, Republican State Senator for District 11 (Queens)
and
Joe Mahoney, Albany Bureau Chief of the New York Daily News
- on how Albany proposes dealing with sex offenders

» "Spitzer secures one choice nod" by Joe Mahoney in the New York Daily News
» Senator Frank Padavan

Modern Moviemakers

Josh Horowitz writer, television producer, former Brian Lehrer Show intern and author, Mind Of The Modern Moviemaker (Plume, 2006)
and
Kerry Conran, director of Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
- discuss 20 directors on the leading edge of big-screen productions

» Mind of the Modern Moviemaker (Plume, 2006)

Black Humor

Paul Beatty, novelist, poet and editor of Hokum: An Anthology of African-American Humor,
- on funny African-American fiction, theater, folktales, movies, political speeches, rap lyrics and poetry

» Hokum: An Anthology of African-American Humor (Bloomsbury 2006)

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