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    Jokes And The Pain That Fuels Them At Montreal's Just For Laughs Comedy Awards

    by Elizabeth Blair Jul 28, 2018 2 minutes
    From left, Just For Laughs' new owner Howie Mandel, comedians Tiffany Haddish and Hannah Gadsby.

    Nothing like a comedy festival to make you think so hard your head hurts. Immigration, #MeToo, bullying. Pain has long been at the root of great comedic material, and it was no different at this year's annual Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal, where hundreds of comedians perform, attend panels and schmooze with agents, TV network reps and each other. "We're an industry built on outsiders," Australian comedian Hannah Gadsby

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