That's not funny : how the right makes comedy work for them /

"Why do conservatives hate comedy? Why is there no right-wing Jon Stewart?" These sorts of questions launch a million tweets, a thousand op-eds, and more than a few scholarly analyses. That's Not Funny argues that it is both an intellectual and politically strategic mistake to assume...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Sienkiewicz, Matt (Author), Marx, Nick (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, 2022.
Subjects:
Comedy > Political aspects > United States.
Right-wing extremists > United States.
Political satire, American > United States.
Political culture > United States.
Comédie > Aspect politique > États-Unis.
Extrémistes de droite > États-Unis.
Satire politique américaine > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Media & Internet
Comedy > Political aspects
Political culture
Political satire, American
Right-wing extremists
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : right-wing comedy
  • Fox news and mainstream right-wing comedy
  • Making comedy great again : paleocomedy
  • Religio-rational satire : owning the libs one faulty syllogism at a time
  • The legions of libertarian podcasters
  • Trolling the depths of the right-wing comedy complex
  • Conclusion : performing right and left.

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