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‘Jesters and Fools’: A Documentary on Polarization

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A solitary wooden stool sits in the center of a vast, cracked salt flat under a dark, stormy sky, symbolizing isolation and the divide in society.
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For many, comedians are often associated with cancel culture. The idea of a bad joke can often cancel someone just as much as having a different political opinion. Filmmaker and journalist Rob Feld took the topic of polarization and comedy and turned it into a documentary.

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