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Satire TV Politics and Comedy in the Post Network Era 1st Edition by Jonathan Gray, Jeffrey P Jones, Ethan Thompson ISBN 0814731988 9780814731987

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Author(s): Jonathan Gray, Jeffrey P. Jones, Ethan Thompson
ISBN(s): 9780814731987, 0814731988
Edition: Kindle
File Details: PDF, 3.64 MB
Year: 2009
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 0814731988

ISBN 13: 9780814731987 

Author: Jonathan Gray, Jeffrey P. Jones, Ethan Thompson 

A fascinating look into what happens when comedy becomes political and politics becomes comedy

Satirical TV has become mandatory viewing for citizens wishing to make sense of the bizarre contemporary state of political life. Shifts in industry economics and audience tastes have re-made television comedy, once considered a wasteland of escapist humor, into what is arguably the most popular source of political critique. From fake news and pundit shows to animated sitcoms and mash-up videos, satire has become an important avenue for processing politics in informative and entertaining ways, and satire TV is now its own thriving, viable television genre.

Satire TV examines what happens when comedy becomes political, and politics become funny. A series of original essays focus on a range of programs, from The Daily Show to South Park, Da Ali G Show to The Colbert Report, The Boondocks to Saturday Night Live, Lil’ Bush to Chappelle’s Show, along with Internet D.I.Y. satire and essays on British and Canadian satire. They all offer insights into what today’s class of satire tells us about the current state of politics, of television, of citizenship, all the while suggesting what satire adds to the political realm that news and documentaries cannot.

Table of contents:

1: The State of Satire, the Satire of State
Jonathan Gray, Jeffrey P. Jones, and Ethan Thompson

2: With All Due Respect
Jeffrey P. Jones

3: Tracing the “Fake” Candidate in American Television Comedy
Heather Osborne-Thompson

4: And Now . . . the News? Mimesis and the Real in The Daily Show
Amber Day

5: Jon Stewart and The Daily Show
Joanne Morreale

6: Stephen Colbert’s Parody of the Postmodern
Geoffrey Baym

7: Throwing Out the Welcome Mat: Public Figures as Guests and Victims in TV Satire
Jonathan Gray

8: Speaking “Truth” to Power? Television Satire, Rick Mercer Report, and the Politics of Place and Space
Serra Tinic

9: Why Mitt Romney Won’t Debate a Snowman
Henry Jenkins

10: Good Demo, Bad Taste
Ethan Thompson

11: In the Wake of “The Nigger Pixie”
Bambi Haggins

12: Of Niggas and Citizen
Avi Santo

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