Josh Brolin returns to host for the third time in an unabashedly silly episode. We discuss Scarlett Johansson’s horror-humor takedown of Katie Britt in the State of the Union Cold Open, the history of tabloid talk shows in Shonda Talk Show, and the structure of insult comedy in Weekend Update. Readings include selections from the Journal of Aesthetics and Art and the Journal of Popular Film and Television.
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Readings
Birmingham, E. (2000). Fearing the freak: How talk TV articulates women and class. Journal of Popular Film and Television, 28(3), 133-139. https://doi.org/10.1080/01956050009602833
Carroll, N. (1999). Horror and humor. The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, 57(2), 145-160. https://doi.org/10.2307/432309
Neu, J. (2008). Sticks and stones: The philosophy of insults. Oxford University Press. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Sticks_and_Stones/muDpmPar5ZIC
Phillips, K. R. (2005). Projected fears: Horror films and American culture. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/projected-fears-9780275983536/
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