Satire TV: Politics and Comedy in the Post-network EraJonathan Gray, Jeffrey P. Jones, Ethan Thompson A fascinating look into what happens when comedy becomes political and politics becomes comedy |
Contents
The State of Satire the Satire of State | 3 |
Satirizing Presidents from | 37 |
Tracing the Fake Candidate in American Television | 64 |
And Now the News? Mimesis and the Real in The | 85 |
I Thought You Were | 104 |
Stephen Colberts Parody of the Postmodern | 124 |
Public Figures as | 147 |
Why Mitt Romney Wont Debate a Snowman | 187 |
South Park as Carnivalesque Satire | 213 |
Dave Chappelle and the | 233 |
The Boondocks Fans and | 252 |
About the Contributors | 275 |
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