Comedy

Almost every comedy club bans recording. So why is your feed full of crowd-work clips? The rule is everywhere; the enforcement is a patchwork, and that's the whole problem.

You paid to watch a comedian, and half the room is watching through a screen. That tension is reshaping live comedy, one locked phone pouch at a time.

A new Lisbon comedy festival landed a huge headliner in Jerry Seinfeld, then watched part of its lineup walk. Here's what happened and why it keeps happening.