Prairie Group

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Readings for Prairie Group 2019

Videos/Clips/Videos:

Movie: Trevor Noah: Son of Patricia (Trevor Noah’s hour long stand up.) Available on Netflix.

Movie: Trevor Noah: Afraid of the Dark

Movie: Ali Wong: Baby Cobra

Movie: Ali Wong: Hard Knock Wife

Movie: Nanette (on Netflix)

Movie:  Career Suicide by Chris Gethard

Movie: Tig Notaro: Happy to Be Here (Netflix)

Movie: Jen Kirkman: Just Keep Livin’

Movie: “Private School Negro,” by W. Kamau Bell

Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee S08 E02, Margaret Cho You Can Go Cho Again:

Michelle Wolf’s Full Comments at White House Correspondent’s Dinner, 2018: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDbx1uArVOM

Stephen Colbert’s Full Comments at White House Correspondent’s Dinner, 2006: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X93u3anTco

Movie: Aziz Ansari: Live at Madison Square Garden (on Netflix)

Clip: The Colbert Report: The Word: Truthiness: http://www.cc.com/video-clips/63ite2/the-colbert-report-the-word---truthiness?fbclid=IwAR1g_Ozv81IP2dgNkxaxnFb3UETtgoNmmqDQqESsRcNrqPO-RPkk2_2_toI

Hasan Minhaj’s Full Comments at White House Correspondent’s Dinner, 2017: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHLRj1LaPiQ

Hasan Minhaj’s “White People at Indian Weddings:” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNx5tnqD9e0

Ellen Degeneres: “Relatable.”

Books:

Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

The Essential Crazy Wisdom, by Wes Nisker

The Prophetic Imagination, Walter Brueggemann

Zen Radicals, Rebels and Reformers, Pearl Besserman

Wounded Healer,  H. Nouwen

Articles:

“Louis C.K. and Men Who Think Justice Takes as Long as They Want It To,” by Roxane Gay:https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/29/opinion/louis-ck-comeback-justice.html

“A Psychotherapist’s Plea to Louis C.K.,” by Avi Klien: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/05/opinion/sunday/louis-ck-comeback.html

“The Weaponized Comedy of Hannah Gadsby,” by Carina Chocano, https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/hannah-gadsby-interview-796863/

Recommended:

Born Standing Up by Steve Martin

King Lear by Shakespeare

Fun Home by Jeanine Tesori

Wisdom Archetypes:  https://stottilien.com/2013/04/03/crazy-wisdom-the-archetype-of-the-fool-the-clown-the-jester-and-the-trickster/

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