Bill Maher Talked Comedy and Politics With David Mamet on a New “Real Time”

By Tobias Carroll The latest episode of Real Time With Bill Maher found Maher zeroing in on some local news — namely, the return of baseball to Los Angeles and Will Smith’s suspension from the Academy. From there, he pulled back to take a more national view, comparing Republicans leaving the Senate floor after Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed to concert audiences when the band says, “We’re going to play some songs from our new album.” The episode’s opening monologue illustrated an issue facing Maher and — more broadly — plenty of other comedians reckoning with politics. Specifically, how do…

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