Armando Iannucci on how to make smart comedy in today’s political climate

580 views · Published 8 February 2018 · 1:19 · Indexed 16 October 2026

Channel: The A.V. Club · 2018 · Entertainment

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Nowadays, there’s an abundance of political comedy in the zeitgeist, with basically every single late night show monologue will take shots at the president to varying degrees of success. Armando Iannucci, who created The Thick Of It and Veep, knows how to make smart political comedy. At the premiere of his new film The Death Of Stalin, we spoke to him about making smart comedy in today’s political climate.

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