There's plenty of comedy in politics, but comedian Paul Mecurio would rather steer clear of party lines. “I do cable news show commentary, but I don’t do a lot of politics, because it’s not fun anymore,” says Mecurio, a Rhode Island native who brings his “Permission to Speak” show to the United Theatre in Westerly on March 9. “There’s no nuance. It’s all black and white, and you have to pick a side. No one has a sense of humor about their politics anymore.”

That’s not to say the Classical High School and Providence College graduate, who earned a law degree from Georgetown University and worked mergers and acquisitions on Wall Street before changing careers, doesn’t address social and political issues.