Tragedy Plus Time : : National Trauma and Television Comedy / / Philip Scepanski.
Following the most solemn moments in recent American history, comedians have tested the limits of how soon is “too soon” to joke about tragedy. Comics confront the horrifying events and shocking moments that capture national attention and probe the acceptable, or “sayable,” boundaries of expression...
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| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Broadcast nationalism, national trauma, and television comedy
- Chapter 1 The Kennedy assassination and the growth of sick humor on American television
- Chapter 2 Censored comedies and comedies of censorship
- Chapter 3 Emotional nonconformity in comedy
- Chapter 4 Conspiracy theories and comedy
- Chapter 5 African American comedies and the 1992 Los Angeles riots
- Chapter 6 Television comedy and Islamophobia after 9/11
- Chapter 7 Comedy and Trump as trauma in Narrowcast America
- Conclusion
- Afterword
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index