30 Apr 2018

Overcooking the comedy roast?

From Afternoons, 1:15 pm on 30 April 2018

American comedian Michelle Wolf has come in for a bit of flack over her roasting of various political figures at the White House correspondents dinner - particularly in her targetting of White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders

So did she go too far, and where should the line be? Are political staffers fair game too?

We speak to David Cormack, who runs a PR firm but is also a former stand up comedian and has been a comedy reviewer on the Ruminator site for several years..

Comedian Michelle Wolf tore into Sarah Sanders (pictured) as she sat about a metre away.

Comedian Michelle Wolf tore into Sarah Sanders (pictured) as she sat about a metre away. Photo: A screengrab from BBC

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