Dubious Pundits: Presidential Politics, Late-Night Comedy, and the Public Sphere

Over the last decades of the 20th century, and into the 21st, humor on late-night TV became...
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Author: Nickie Michaud Wild
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Language: English
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Dubious Pundits: Presidential Politics, Late-Night Comedy, and the Public Sphere by Wild, Nickie Michaud

Dubious Pundits: Presidential Politics, Late-Night Comedy, and the Public Sphere

€93,83

Dubious Pundits: Presidential Politics, Late-Night Comedy, and the Public Sphere

€93,83
Author: Nickie Michaud Wild
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Over the last decades of the 20th century, and into the 21st, humor on late-night TV became a more influential part of the United States' political conversations. Not only did viewers talk about what the shows were saying, but serious journalists in newspapers and television news did as well. This book explores how Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert became popular pundits, with their commentaries often being shown on the news or quoted in the papers, and how Tina Fey's parody of Sarah Palin eclipsed the real life candidate herself. This transformation occurred after the attacks on 9/11 and the beginning of the War in Iraq, when comedy figures were often more critical and informative than traditional news sources. At the same time, they became more substantive in their critiques than political humor often had been in the past, which relied heavily on mocking political candidates' personality quirks. Using transcripts from Saturday Night Live, The Daily Show, and The Colbert Report during the presidential elections from 1980-2008, this book takes a comprehensive look at how the comedy itself transformed. In addition, the analysis includes how journalists in the Washington Post and the New York Times discussed the shows at the time, revealing how they once denigrated the programs, but came to regard them as valuable narrative resources.

Author: Nickie Michaud Wild
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 03/23/2023
Pages: 180
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.41d
ISBN: 9781498567381

About the Author
Nickie Michaud Wild is visiting lecturer of sociology at Mount Holyoke College.

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