Items related to Satire TV: Politics and Comedy in the Post-Network...
Satirical 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 humour, 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.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
Review:
"This smart and savvy crew has noticed something creeping up on us, something with bite. Now we have to take satire TV seriously; it turns out to be the bearer of the democratic spirit for the post-broadcast age. In this field-shaping book, some of the brightest talents in TV studies show us how the marginal has become the model for a much-needed media make-over. See what happens when entertainment bares its teeth." John Hartley, author of Television Truths "It has been said that if you have to explain a joke, it's not funny. This wonderful collection proves that nothing could be farther from the truth. Satire TV takes the study of comedy in new directions, expanding beyond earlier work done on classical Hollywood cinema and the sitcom." --Heather Hendershot, editor of NickelodeonNation
Satire TV: Politics and Comedy in the Post-Network Era is a collection of academic essays that attempt a sophisticated look at how TV comedy politicized itself in the 2000s...The essays in Satire TV make use of a variety of theoretical models, some derived from the likes of Bakhtin and Aristotle, to define satire and elucidate how shows like The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, South Park, and others are able to operate as politically subversive entertainments in a medium like television, for which the blandest, the safest, and the most banal fare had always set the tone...Satire TV still contains much that is of interest to media scholars and non-academics alike. --Patrick Gallagher, PopMatters, 14th May 2009
About the Author:
Satire TV: Politics and Comedy in the Post-Network Era is a collection of academic essays that attempt a sophisticated look at how TV comedy politicized itself in the 2000s...The essays in Satire TV make use of a variety of theoretical models, some derived from the likes of Bakhtin and Aristotle, to define satire and elucidate how shows like The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, South Park, and others are able to operate as politically subversive entertainments in a medium like television, for which the blandest, the safest, and the most banal fare had always set the tone...Satire TV still contains much that is of interest to media scholars and non-academics alike. --Patrick Gallagher, PopMatters, 14th May 2009
Jonathan Gray is Professor of Media and Cultural Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and author of Television Entertainment, Television Studies (with Amanda D. Lotz), Show Sold Separately: Promos, Spoilers, and Other Media Paratexts, and Watching with The Simpsons: Television, Parody, and Intertextuality.
Jeffrey P. Jones is Associate Professor of Communication & Theatre Arts at Old Dominion University. He is the author of Entertaining Politics: New Political Television and Civic Culture and co-editor of The Essential HBO Reader.
Ethan Thompson is Associate Professor at Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. He is the author of Parody and Taste in Postwar American Television Culture, and co-editor of Satire TV: Politics and Comedy in the Post-Network Era.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherNYU Press
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 0814731996
- ISBN 13 9780814731994
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages288
- EditorGray Jonathan, Jones Jeffrey P., Thompson Ethan
- Rating
Buy New
Learn more about this copy
£ 20.12
Shipping:
£ 3.16
Within U.S.A.
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Stock Image
Satire TV: Politics and Comedy in the Post-Network Era
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. New. Fast Shipping and good customer service. Seller Inventory # Holz_New_0814731996
Buy New
£ 20.12
Convert currency
Stock Image
Satire TV: Politics and Comedy in the Post-Network Era
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Buy for Great customer experience. Seller Inventory # GoldenDragon0814731996
Buy New
£ 21.05
Convert currency
Stock Image
Satire TV: Politics and Comedy in the Post-Network Era
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Brand New Copy. Seller Inventory # BBB_new0814731996
Buy New
£ 21.83
Convert currency
Seller Image
Satire TV: Politics and Comedy in the Post-Network Era (Paperback or Softback)
Published by
New York University Press 4/1/2009
(2009)
ISBN 10: 0814731996
ISBN 13: 9780814731994
New
Paperback or Softback
Quantity: 5
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Satire TV: Politics and Comedy in the Post-Network Era 0.92. Book. Seller Inventory # BBS-9780814731994
Buy New
£ 26.14
Convert currency
Stock Image
Satire TV: Politics and Comedy in the Post-Network Era
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. New. Seller Inventory # Wizard0814731996
Buy New
£ 24.12
Convert currency
Stock Image
Satire TV: Politics and Comedy in the Post-Network Era
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Book is in NEW condition. 0.9. Seller Inventory # 0814731996-2-1
Buy New
£ 27.40
Convert currency
Seller Image
Satire TV: Politics and Comedy in the Post-Network Era by Jonathan Gray, Jeffrey P. Jones, Ethan Thompson [Paperback ]
Published by
NYU Press
(2009)
ISBN 10: 0814731996
ISBN 13: 9780814731994
New
Soft Cover
Quantity: 10
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Soft Cover. Condition: new. Seller Inventory # 9780814731994
Buy New
£ 27.43
Convert currency
Stock Image
Satire TV: Politics and Comedy in the Post-Network Era
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed. Seller Inventory # think0814731996
Buy New
£ 25.47
Convert currency
Stock Image
Satire TV: Politics and Comedy in the Post-Network Era
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Softcover. Condition: new. 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 Chappelles Show, along with Internet D.I.Y. satire and essays on British and Canadian satire. They all offer insights into what todays 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. Seller Inventory # DADAX0814731996
Buy New
£ 29.52
Convert currency
Seller Image
Satire TV : Politics and Comedy in the Post-Network Era
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 6042032-n
Buy New
£ 28.13
Convert currency