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American television during a television presidency / edited by Karen McNally Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press, April 2022.
Call No: 49[32](73) AMEAuthor: McNally, Karen Edition: 2022Place: Detroit, MichiganPublisher: Wayne State University PressPubDate: April 2022PhysDes: 336 pages ; 24 cmSeries: Contemporary approaches to film and mediaSubject: TELEVISION. USA ; TRUMP, DONALD ; APPRENTICE, THE [TV] (US, 2004) ; CHERNOBYL [TV] (US/UK, 2019) ; POLITICS AND TV. USA ; GOOD WIFE, THE [TV] (US, 2009) ; BLACKLISTING. USA ; PLOT AGAINST AMERICA (US, 2020) ; SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE [TV] (US, 1975-) ; STAR TREK [ GENERAL] ; AMERICAN HORROR STORY [TV] (US, 2011) Summary: In American Television during a Television Presidency, Karen McNally and contributors critically examine the various ways in which television became transfixed by the Trump presidency and the broader political, social, and cultural climate. This book is the first to fully address the relationship between TV and a presidency consistently conducted with television in mind.
The sixteen chapters cover everything from the political theater of televised impeachment hearings to the potent narratives of fictional drama and the stinging critiques of comedy, as they consider the wide-ranging ways in which television engages with the shifting political culture that emerged during this period. Approaching television both historically and in the contemporary moment, the contributors - an international group of scholars from a variety of academic disciplines- illuminate the indelible links that exist between television, American politics, and the nation’s broader culture. As it interrogates a presidency played out through the lens of the TV camera and reviews a medium immersing itself in a compelling and inescapable subject, American Television during a Television Presidency sets out to explore what defines the television of the Trump era as a distinctive time in TV history. From inequalities to resistance, and from fandom to historical memory, this book opens up new territory in which to critically analyze television’s complex relationship with Donald Trump, his presidency, and the political culture of this unsettled and simultaneously groundbreaking era.
Undergraduate and graduate students and scholars of film and television studies, comedy studies, and cultural studies will value this strong collection. -- publisher's web siteISBN: 9780814349359Donation: Senses of Cinema
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Satire TV : politics and comedy in the post-network era / edited by Jonathon Gray, Jeffrey P. Jones, and Ethan Thompson New York: New York University Press, 2009.
Call No: 732 SATSource: USPlace: New YorkPublisher: New York University PressPubDate: 2009PhysDes: xiv, 283 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject: POLITICS AND TV ; TALK SHOWS. USA ; TALK SHOWS ; SATIRE ON TV ; GRAY, JONATHON ; COLBERT, STEPHAN ; JONES, JEFFREY P. ; THOMPSON, ETHAN ; OSBORNE-THOMPSON, HEATHER ; DAY, AMBER ; STEWART, JON ; CHAPELLE, DAVE ; MORREALE, JOANNE ; BAYM, GEOFFREY ; ROMNEY, MITT ; JENKINS, HENRY ; HAGGINS, BAMBI ; SANTO, AVI ; SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE [TV] (US, 1975-) ; LIL' BUSH ; DAILY SHOW THE [TV] (US, Andy Barsh/Chuck O'Neil/Scott Preston/Christian Santiago, 1996-) ; RICK MERCER REPORT ; SOUTH PARK [TV] (US, 1997-) ; BOONDOCKS, THE [TV] (US, 2005-2014) Summary: 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 Chapelle's Show, along with Internet DIY 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.ISBN: 978-0-8147-3199-4Language: EnglishContents: --Foreword by David Marc-- Part 1 Post 9/11, Post Modern, or Just Post Network? -- 1 The State of Satire, the Satire of State /Jonathon Gray, Jeffrey P. Jones, and Ethan Thompson -- 2 With All Due Respect: Satirizing Presidents from Saturday Night Live to Lil' Bush -- 3 Tracing the "Fake" Candidate in American Television Comedy / Heather Osborne-Thompson -- Part 2 Fake News, Real Funny -- 4 And Now...the News? Mimesis and the Real in The Daily Show / Amber Day -- 5 Jon Stewart and The Daily Show: I thought You Were Going to Be Funny! / Joanne Morreale -- 6 Stephan Colbert's Parody of the Postmodern / Geoffrey Baym -- Part 3 Building in the Critical Rubble: Between Deconstruction and Reconstruction -- 7 Throwing Out the Welcomr Mat: Public Figures as Guests and Victims in TV Satire / Jonathon Gray -- 8 Speaking "Truth" to Power? Television Satire, Rick Mercer Report, and the Politics of Place and Space / Serra Tinic -- 9 Why Mitt Romney Wont Debate a Snowman / Henry Jenkins -- Part 4 Shock and Guffaw: The Limits of Satire -- 10 Good Demo, Bade Taste: South Park as Carnivalesque Satire / Ethan Thompson -- 11 In the Wake of "The Nigger Pixie": Dave Chapelle and the Politics of Crossover Comedy / Bambi Haggins -- 12 Of Niggas and Citizens: The Boondocks Fans and Differentiated Black American Politics / Avi Santo -- About the Contributors -- Index
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That's Anarchy / Chrissie Macdonald Hartwell, Vic: Sid Harta Publishers, 2002.
Call No: 759.3(41) MACAuthor: Macdonald, Chrissie Source: ATPlace: Hartwell, VicPublisher: Sid Harta PublishersPubDate: 2002PhysDes: ix, 297 p. : ill., ports. ; 21 cmSubject: COMEDY PROGRAMMES. UK ; HUMOUR ON TV ; RICHARDSON, PETER ; MAYALL, RIK ; PLANER, NIGEL ; SAUNDERS, JENNIFER ; FRENCH, DAWN ; ALLEN, KEITH ; COLTRANE, ROBBIE ; EDMONDSON, ADRIAN ; PEACOCK, DANIEL ; YOUNG ONES, THE [TV] (UK, 1982-84) ; COMIC STRIP PRESENTS..., THE [TV] (UK, 1982-) ; RED DWARF [TV] (UK, 1988-93, 97) ; FILTHY RICH AND CATFLAP [TV] (UK, 1987) ; BOTTOM [TV] (UK, 1991-) ; SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE [TV] (US, 1975-) ; BIG GIG, THE [TV] (AT, Ted Robinson, 1989) ; ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS [TV] (UK, 1992 - 1996) ; HAPPY FAMILIES [TV] (UK, 1992) ; FRENCH AND SAUNDERS [TV] (UK, 1987-) ; VICAR OF DIBLEY, THE [TV] (UK, 1994) ; BLACKADDER [TV] (UK, 1983) Summary: Some called it “alternative comedy”. Others called it “the new rock ‘n’ roll”. Whatever it was, it spawned “The Young Ones”. Comedy changed on the 9th November 1982 when Rick, Vyvyan, Neil and Mike infiltrated the safe world of the television sitcom. They farted, swore, hit each other and shouted a lot and comedy hasn’t been the same since. They weren’t nice; they were NASTY! This is the story of the conception and birth of “The Young Ones”, their ancestors, their playmates and, eventually, their offspring. [Taken from back cover]Notes: Cover subtitle: The story of a revolution in the world of TV comedy.
Includes index.
Includes some short biographies of British comedians, producers and writers: p. 259-281.
Bibliography: p. 283-4.ISBN: 1877059242Language: English
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