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Laughing Thru the Pain

Coming to America. I'm Gonna Git You Sucka. Living Single. Ask anybody in the barbershop — these movies aren't just funny, they're ours. But sit with all three long enough and you notice every laugh is sitting on top of something heavy: migration, systems built to keep you spinning, the quiet cost of not having anyone to call when it's bad.

This week's Culture Corner traces what our comedy has always been doing underneath the laugh track — and what it means to use the humor without letting it do all the work for you.