TY  - BOOK
AU  - Baym,Geoffrey
AU  - Day,Amber
AU  - Gray,Jonathan
AU  - Haggins,Bambi
AU  - Jenkins,Henry
AU  - Jones,Jeffrey P.
AU  - Marc,David
AU  - Morreale,Joanne
AU  - Osborne-Thompson,Heather
AU  - Santo,Avi
AU  - Thompson,Ethan
AU  - Tinic,Serra
TI  - Satire TV: Politics and Comedy in the Post-Network Era 
SN  - 9780814733097
AV  - HE8700.76.U6 S37 2009eb
U1  - 791.45/6582831 22
PY  - 2009///]
CY  - New York, NY : 
PB  - New York University Press, 
KW  - Political satire, American
KW  - Television and politics
KW  - United States
KW  - Television in politics
KW  - Television talk shows
KW  - PERFORMING ARTS / Television / History & Criticism
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - What
KW  - about
KW  - citizenship
KW  - class
KW  - comedy
KW  - current
KW  - does
KW  - politics
KW  - satire
KW  - state
KW  - television
KW  - tell
KW  - todays
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Foreword --; PART I Post 9/11, Post Modern, or Just Post Network? --; 1 The State of Satire, the Satire of State --; 2 With All Due Respect --; 3 Tracing the “Fake” Candidate in American Television Comedy --; PART II Fake News, Real Funny --; 4 And Now . . . the News? --; 5 Jon Stewart and The Daily Show --; 6 Stephen Colbert’s Parody of the Postmodern --; PART III Building in the Critical Rubble --; 7 Throwing Out the Welcome Mat --; 8 Speaking “Truth” to Power? --; 9 Why Mitt Romney Won’t Debate a Snowman --; PART IV Shock and Guffaw: The Limits of Satire --; 10 Good Demo, Bad Taste --; 11 In the Wake of “The Nigger Pixie” --; 12 Of Niggas and Citizens --; About the Contributors --; Index; restricted access
N2  - A fascinating look into what happens when comedy becomes political and politics becomes comedySatirical 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814733097.001.0001
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780814733097
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780814733097/original
ER  -