How Hasan Minhaj and other 'clapter' comedians changed comedy

Unless comedians are collectively the most fortunate people on the planet in that their lives involve a constant revolving door of punchline-addled experiences, it’s been assumed for the longest time that most of their “this really happened” stories are just that: stories.

They might be based on scraps of truth, sure, but to assume that reality is as amu…