SERIES PREMIERE: This four-part Netflix series from Larry Charles is played only partly for laughs. Yes, it concerns a search for, and exploration of, humor – but under distressed and distressing circumstances, from war-torn Iraq and female-suppressing Saudi Arabia to African-American comics right here at home. And Charles, as a comedy curator, is impressively and inarguably qualified, and could almost be considered the T-Bone Burnett of comedy. His credits, working with other gifted and daring comic minds, include Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Borat and Religulous.