Represent | Journalist-turned filmmaker David Farrier on the world of tickling

Slate Culture Writer, Aisha Harris talks to New Zealand journalist-turned-filmmaker, David Farrier, about his documentary, Tickled; and she discusses the “ethnic humor” in Seth Rogen’s animated food romp, Sausage Party, with guest co-host and one-half of the web series comedy duo A Brit and a Yank, John Raphael Oliveira.

Check out:

-A Brit And A Yank’s “SPICE GIRLS: The Untold Story”

-“Sausage Party”’s race problem: This “equal opportunity offender” is just plain offensive

-Why The Rape Scene In Sausage Party Wasn’t Funny

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