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Coping With COVID-19 Crisis: Russell Howard On Making Comedy During A Pandemic & His Personal Connection To The NHS

10.07.2020 - 05:36

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By Tom Grater International Film Reporter Editors’ Note: With full acknowledgment of the big-picture implications of a pandemic that already has claimed thousands of lives, cratered global economies and closed international borders, Deadline’s Coping With COVID-19 Crisis series is a forum for those in the entertainment space grappling with myriad consequences of seeing a great industry screech to a halt.

The hope is for an exchange of ideas and experiences, and suggestions on how businesses and individuals can best ride out a crisis that doesn’t look like it will abate any time soon.

If you have a story, email mike@deadline.com. Brit comedian Russell Howard has always been one to look on the bright side of things.

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