Who gets to laugh? Hipster racism and the distribution of the laughable in televised French comedy
Published online on June 01, 2026
Abstract
French Cultural Studies, Ahead of Print.
This article analyzes “Les Chinois,” a controversial 10-minute sketch performed by Gad Elmaleh and Kev Adams at Paris's Bercy Arena in November 2016 and broadcast live to over four million viewers on M6, in which Adams adopted an exaggerated “Chinese” ...
This article analyzes “Les Chinois,” a controversial 10-minute sketch performed by Gad Elmaleh and Kev Adams at Paris's Bercy Arena in November 2016 and broadcast live to over four million viewers on M6, in which Adams adopted an exaggerated “Chinese” ...