TV: ‘Jon Stewart of Egypt’ Looks for More than Just Laughs in U.S.

TV: ‘Jon Stewart of Egypt’ Looks for More than Just Laughs in U.S.

ByJonathan Curiel

(Published at KQED on April 3, 2017: https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2017/04/03/john-stewart-of-egypt-looks-for-more-than-just-laughs-in-u-s/) When he appears on Tuesday, Apr. 4 at the University of California Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall, Bassem Youssef promises to be his usual funny self: a guy who, with a wry quip or odd facial expression, can induce laughter about very hard truths. Millions of Americans know Youssef…

VISUAL ART: Roz Chast and the Influence of Anxiety

VISUAL ART: Roz Chast and the Influence of Anxiety

ByJonathan Curiel

(Published in SF Weekly on May 4, 2017: http://www.sfweekly.com/culture/art/roz-chast-and-the-influence-of-anxiety/) Roz Chast is very funny. Everyone who reads her New Yorker cartoons knows this. In fact, that’s all they really knew about Chast until 2014, when she published her graphic memoir, Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?, which details her stressful childhood and the demanding…