"We are lucky that we live at the moment in a society where if we make a joke about someone, we are not going to be shot," she says. "But i have to say, i don't always feel like that." She adds: 'I think there is an element of it that is about comedy as well'
Though no laughing matter, the extremes of the Donald Trump presidency made comedians' jobs a little trickier: was the reality more absurd than satire created around it? In 2020 we invited celebrated comedy writer and producer Armando Iannucci, Labour MP Jess Phillips, and satirist and impressionist Jan Ravens, to discuss the issue. The event was chaired by journalist Samira Ahmed.
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