Roy Wood Jr. on the Politics of the Punchline
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Roy Wood Jr. on the Politics of the Punchline
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Episode 03 of Now You Know with Knowa de Baraso pulls up a chair with Roy Wood Jr. — one of the most deliberate, unflinching, and flat-out essential voices in political comedy. Roy doesn’t chase easy laughs; and is never afraid to take aim where it matters.
In this episode, Knowa and Roy strip comedy down to the studs, breaking apart the mechanics of satire in politics — how it works, why it matters, and the responsibility of wielding it well. They dig into the cost of telling the truth in public, how to call out power without losing the room, and why the setup is just as important as the punchline. From military and police corruption to the White House Juneteenth celebration, no subject is off-limits.
With the Hulu special Lonely Flowers, the forthcoming book The Man of Many Fathers, Roy shows how to work the laugh line and the fault line at the same time — proving comedy can shake the room and shift the ground under it.
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