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Pick of the Day: Alison Leiby: Oh God, A Show About Abortion (in NYC in August & LA 7/20)

June 29, 2022

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Of course, Alison Leiby didn’t know that her acclaimed solo show that gets into the humanity of her experience with abortion, “Oh God, A Show About Abortion”, would just happen to coincide with the current Supreme Court guaranteeing themselves on being on the wrong side of history by overturning Roe vs. Wade, yet, here we are.

Leiby’s now-more-crucial-than-ever show, presented by Ilana Glazer and directed by Lila Neugebauer, has ascending through NYC comedy into an extensive Off Broadway run at the Cherry Lane Theatre that just got extended with a three week run in August running M-F from 8/8-8/26. For LA folks, there will be an exclusive night at Largo at the Coronet Theatre on Wed. Jul. 20th at both 8PM PT & 10PM PT.

You can get tickets for any and all of these dates for Alison Leiby: Oh God, A Show About Abortion at ohgodshow.com.

Oh, if you’re looking for upcoming comedy shows that are supporting abortion funds, we got a page for you here.

Pick of the Day: Abortion Fundraiser Online Comedy Show

July 9, 2020

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Though the Supreme Court did just make a recent decision in favor of abortion, there, as with everything right now, is still plenty of work to do in letting women not have their bodies legislated.

Thus, great comedians from all around the country including Francesca Fiorentini, Clare O’Kane, Jourdain Searles, Kate Willett, and Rachel McCartney are virtually assembling from coast to coast in collaboration with the Pittsburgh DSA Socialist Feminist committee to raise money for the Western PA Fund for Choice (@WPAFund4Choice). This fund actually services abortion access to Western PA, West Virginia, and Ohio, FYI.

This Abortion Fundraise Online Comedy Show is set for Fri. July 10th at 6PM PT/9PM ET and ought to be both worthy of your time and money for a great cause. They’re asking for $10 donation, but you can give what you can. Get more details/RSVP here.

Samantha Bee and Patton Oswalt Take an Orson-Welles-F-For-Fake Angle When Discussing the Hoax That Is Crisis Pregnancy Centers

May 10, 2016

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We’re not exactly sure who on the Full Frontal with Samantha Bee writing staff is or are cineaste(s), but we really dig what they’re doing. Already, they’ve made a great Werner Herzog style piece on Jeb Bush.

Their latest piece sharply debunks “Crisis Pregnancy Centers”, which falsely parade around as places that you might be able to get an abortion. That got cleverly framed around a riff on Orson Welles’ fantastic meta-documentary about grifters, F For Fake.

On top of that, they got one the biggest cineastes of them all, Patton Oswalt, to play Welles’ role.

Watch it all here.

John Oliver and Last Week Tonight Highlight Many Ridiculous Abortion Laws That Exist in 2016

February 22, 2016

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When John Oliver very succinctly picks apart pressing and controversial issues of our time presenting great punchlines to unfortunate happenings within said issues, you can be sure that he’ll balance the tone with something adorable at the end.

In last night’s Last Week Tonight, when covering abortion laws in such a manner, he indeed offered a cute palate cleanser with a caveat for a certain segment of pro-lifers.

Watch it all here.

Before The Hobby Lobby SCOTUS Decision, John Oliver Had This To Say

July 1, 2014

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On last week’s episode of Last Week Tonight, John Oliver offered his two cents on the Hobby Lobby’s attempt to go against a contraception mandate on the grounds of freedom of religion.

Per usual, Oliver’s got some hilariously damning things to say. Give it a watch here.

NBC Universal Admits Error Trying to Censor ‘Obvious Child’ Ad

June 25, 2014

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NBC Universal Admits Error Trying to Censor ‘Obvious Child’ Ad

NBC Universal got into a little hot water over a submitted ad for Gillian Robespierre’s great film Obvious Child starring Jenny Slate. Apparently, they initially didn’t want to run the ad as it mentioned the word “abortion”. NBC Universal has now admitted that it was an error and is now accepting the ad without that censor note.

Now that it’s all cleared up, you should go see Obvious Child.