AMST 1080 Lecture 2: Ch.2 - The roots of Pesudo-Satire and the Rise of the Comedy Industrial Complex
17 May 2016
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Failure to inform ourselves on real politics most is just from the media. Elections topical comedy makes it worse. a. b. Encourages us to focus our attention on the wrong things. Can give us information that enhances our ability to fulfill our roles as citizens in a democracy. Nourishes our society, the other stuff bears a superficial resemblance. Both are joking, only one of them is kidding. i. Genuine targets take umbrage (adopting silence to media"s response) Pseudo satire embraced by its supposed victims, eager to take credit for their good sportsmanship. Used pseudonyms for works and wrote in a way that made them seem dumber than they actually were. he seem dumber than they actually were. b. Vanity fair hard trick to pull in acountry that was heading into the civil war. i. ii. Even still, pictures couldn"t get too much of an audience. b.
