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DePaul's Student Newspaper — Since 1923

The DePaulia

DePaul's Student Newspaper — Since 1923

The DePaulia

‘Friendship’ review: Tim Robinson makes his mid-life crisis everyone’s problem

‘Friendship’ review: Tim Robinson makes his mid-life crisis everyone’s problem

April Klein, Asst. Arts & Life Editor / May 19, 2025

Running is a very vulnerable act. Excluding people who run consistently or the freaks who make it their entire personality, I’m talking about your everyday person who probably doesn’t run very often....

Jessica McKenna and Zach Reino of "Off Book" perform at Park West on Thursday, March 20, 2025. Reino and McKenna launched "Off Book: The Improvised Musical Podcast" in 2017 and now tour live shows.

‘The next note’: Off book at Park West

Annie Koziel, Asst. Copy Editor / April 14, 2025

At a packed Park West in Lincoln Park on March 20, the room positively hums. Nearly every seat is full as attendees await an unconventional act: a fully improvised musical. As Zach Reino and Jessica McKenna...

‘A Minecraft Movie’ review: If 'Lord of the Rings' was directed by Mr. Beast

‘A Minecraft Movie’ review: If ‘Lord of the Rings’ was directed by Mr. Beast

Sam McCarthy, Contributing Writer / April 14, 2025

In the pilot episode of Seth Rogen’s new Apple TV+ series “The Studio,” Rogen plays the newly-appointed creative chief of the fictional Continental Pictures, who’s given a ludicrous mandate from...

‘The Monkey’ review: A decently gruesome but overbearingly snarky take on mortality

‘The Monkey’ review: A decently gruesome but overbearingly snarky take on mortality

Jake Panek, Film & TV Beat Writer / March 10, 2025

I’d like to preface this review with something Belgian director Chantal Akerman once said about mainstream audiences’ responses to her avant-garde films: “When most people go to the movies, the...

‘Mickey 17’ review: Double the Pattinson, double the funny, double the mess

‘Mickey 17’ review: Double the Pattinson, double the funny, double the mess

April Klein, Asst. Arts & Life Editor / February 17, 2025

There were many concerns going into Bong Joon-ho’s “Mickey 17.” His return to filmmaking after his landmark 2019 drama “Parasite” was to be a dark sci-fi comedy under Warner Brothers, an adaptation...

Comedian Demi Adejuyigbe performs his show "Demi Adejuyigbe Is Going To Do One (1) Backflip" at Color Club on Jan 19, 2025.

Indie music and performance unites Chicago at ‘Tomorrow Never Knows’

April Klein, Asst. Arts & Life Editor / January 27, 2025

Moody shoegaze bands, plush monkeys strapped to remote controlled cars and countless raving college students — all of this and more invaded Chicago’s underground venues this weekend as a part of the...

‘Y2K’ review - A satirical trek through the end of the millennium drowns in its own ambition

‘Y2K’ review – A satirical trek through the end of the millennium drowns in its own ambition

April Klein, Asst. Arts & Life Editor / December 17, 2024

There’s nothing more embarrassing than bad comedy. A horror which fails to scare its audience may at least result in a mocking enjoyment of its attempts at gravitas (see “Wish Upon.”) The same goes...

Members of the comedy sketch group “Go for Broke” begin their show with a skit about finding the board game that shares their name in an old, cluttered attic on Sunday, May 19, 2024. This was the group’s last show at the Bughouse Theater.

Go For Broke: Sketch comedy groups trusts the process and each other

Claire Tweedie, Former Editor in Chief / May 26, 2024

“Cash Cab” — that was the winning idea DePaul junior Elissa Bartkowski brought to her first rehearsal for the sketch comedy group Go For Broke. It came weeks after re-watching old videos of the trivia...

'El Conde' review: Laughing all the way down to hell

‘El Conde’ review: Laughing all the way down to hell

April Klein, Asst. Arts & Life Editor / October 8, 2023

Something haunting, if not still comedic, about the film is watching an ancient, world-weary, vampiric Augusto Pinochet float above the modern streets of Santiago. The former Chilean dictator, adorned...

Alec Baldwin portraying then-President Donald Trump on "Saturday Night Live," a role that won him high praise and accolades.

OPINION: Comedy further engages political audiences

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor / March 7, 2021

At the beginning of Donald Trump’s presidency, a common joke was made that the flashy public figure-made-president would be good for comedy. The perception was not shared by all comedians, though, as...

REVIEW: Larry David and 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' master the most resilient formula in comedy TV

REVIEW: Larry David and ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ master the most resilient formula in comedy TV

Shane René, Editor-in-Chief / February 3, 2020

Imagine, for a moment, that you’re on the Red Line heading home after a long day at work. It's just after 10 p.m. Your car is sparsely populated; no more than eight others, all with their faces buried...

Performers at the Oct. 18 comedy show.

Studio Eleven’s variety hour an introduction to all comedy has to offer

Sam Rahman / October 21, 2019

The sounds of standup, improv, musical and sketch comedy rang through the halls of the iO theater Friday night as the cast of “Studio Eleven” performed their variety hour. The dozen-person cast first...

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