From left to right: Gustavo Arellano, Kristina Wong, and Bassem Youssef. Photo by Jaime Biver. Fittingly, the Zócalo/ASU Gammage event 'What Can We Laugh About?' last night opened with a joke from Los Angeles Times columnist Gustavo Arellano, who was moderating: 'Knock knock.' The prompt audience reply came in unison: 'Who's there?' Arellano: 'Zócal-OK, we can now laugh.' There was playful booing from the in-person audience—a packed house at the ASU California Center in downtown Los Angeles—but, though the joke bombed, it set off a wide-ranging, alternately funny and serious conversation around our comedic zeitgeist.

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