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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Robert De Niro stars as an aging insult comedian, Jack Burke, in "The Comedian." PHOTO COURTESY OLIVER STAPLETON

REVIEW: De Niro plays another bad-mannered relative in “The Comedian,” disappoints audience

Chidera Anugwom February 3, 2017

If you have seen “Dirty Grandpa,” the 2016 “comedy” starring Robert De Niro and Zac Efron, you’ve seen this movie. “The Comedian” stars De Niro playing Jackie Burke, an obnoxious, crazy...

(From left) Sugar Ray Leonard, Josh Gad and Billy Crystal star in “The Comedians,” a comedy series premiering Friday. PHOTO COURTESY OF FX

REVIEW: “The Comedians” stands up despite tired themes

Katrina Uy April 13, 2015

It’s the type of show that we’ve already seen before: a well-established professional meets a new talent on the rise, while finding his way back the industry he’d fallen away from. “The Comedians”...

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