Satire & the State: Sketch Comedy and the Presidency

ISBN-13: 9781138338128 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 290 str.

Matt Fotis

Opis

Satire & The State focuses on performance-based satire, most often seen in sketch comedy, from 1960 to the present, and explores how sketch comedy has shaped the way Americans view the president and themselves.

Spis treści

Introduction 1. From Colony to Country: A Brief Overview of American Political Satire  2. JFK  3. LBJ and Nixon  4. Ford and Carter  5. Reagan and Bush  6. The Clintons  7. Dubbya  8. Obama  9. Donald J. Trump  10. Conclusion

O autorze

Matt Fotis is an Associate Professor of Theatre at Albright College. He is the author of Long Form Improvisation and American Comedy: The Harold (2014), and coauthor of The Comedy Improv Handbook (2015).