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/
Chaplain - Kathleen Rolenz and Ruth McKenzie will help on Monday night worship