VOICE CHOICES ARCHIVES

REALITY REALLY DOES BITE

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Comix headliners are usually listed with the television shows they’re best known for—writers from The Sarah Silverman Program and The Daily Show make frequent stand-up appearances there, but how often do we get a comedian currently seen on Fox’s 24? Janeane Garofalo’s biting sass made her memorable in ’90s films and cable-TV roles, but first as the co-host of Air America’s dearly departed Majority Report, and now as FBI agent Janis Gold on 24, Garofalo’s been carving out a new role in pop culture—biting and sassy, yes, but more focused on the drama surrounding national security than on cats and dogs.

April 4-5, 8:30 & 10:45 p.m., 2008

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