What’s New on Hulu in March 2023
Hulu continues its quest to uproot HBO Max as the best streaming service with an eclectic bunch of new series and movies coming in March. It’s become the “adult” repository…
The Return of ‘Party Down’ Proves the Power of Cult Love
It’s easy to forget that, when it first aired, Party Down wasn’t much of a success. When the show launched in 2009, it was one of the first originals on…
Elon Musk Wants Comedy on Twitter, but He Can’t Take a Joke
Of all the things that can get lost on the internet, one’s sense of humor may be the hardest to retrieve. Intention, tone, nuance—these things don’t always come across with…
“That Aint Me”: Comedian Vir Das After Ad Mistakes Him For Actor Raghav Juyal
Comedian Vir Das reacted to the goof-up by a retail store.Comedian Vir Das is famous for his stand-ups, but this time he amused the internet with a funny reply to…
The Sad Clown Joke That Became a Beloved Meme
“My partner started talking a lot more about her mental health, and I was just becoming aware that my friends and myself had these things that were unspoken,” Colossal says.…
Director Owen Kline Calls ‘Funny Pages’ His ‘Self-Critical’ Debut
On a recent weekday afternoon in Manhattan, the director Owen Kline, 30, sat on a glass-doored conference-room couch. He wore a blue velour fleece adorned with a shiny brooch of…
‘Brian and Charles’ Imagines an Optimistic Future for AI
It does seem to help him grow up, or to become more emboldened. Hayward: He does become more responsible. If you have kids, you do become more responsible. It makes…
Dave Chappelle, ‘Squid Game,’ and the Problem of Popularity
The Monitor is a weekly column devoted to everything happening in the WIRED world of culture, from movies to memes, TV to Twitter. It’s a question one can ask at…
‘Saturday Night Live’ Helped Create the Age of Memes. Now It Can’t Keep Up
If there’s one thing boomers, Gen Xers, millennials, and Gen Zers can agree on it’s that Saturday Night Live sucks now. That “now” is tricky, though. For 60-year-olds, it can…