{"id":244113,"date":"2025-05-15T12:04:36","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T11:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/w-kamau-bell-did-comedy-really-get-too-woke-the-assignment\/"},"modified":"2025-05-15T12:04:36","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T11:04:36","slug":"w-kamau-bell-did-comedy-really-get-too-woke-the-assignment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/w-kamau-bell-did-comedy-really-get-too-woke-the-assignment\/","title":{"rendered":"W. Kamau Bell: Did comedy really get too woke? | The Assignment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/rcPjQLLTxh4\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"W. Kamau Bell: Did comedy really get too woke? | The Assignment\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rcPjQLLTxh4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Standup comic W. 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