Martin Short played the elder statesman during his fifth time hosting on December 21, 2024. This Christmas episode was filled with cameos, callbacks, and current events. We discuss the complexity of homelessness and the rhetoric of anti-woke publics in An Act of Kindness, the intractable intersection of gender and comedy in Parking Lot Altercation, and the winner of this year’s Joke Swap. Emmy nominated Chuck Hayward also joins to share his thoughts on demographic trends in the Five-Timers Club Cold Open. Readings include analyses of race, gender, and entertainment including Hanif Abdurraqib’s 2022 collection of essays, A Little Devil in America: In Praise of Black Performance.
Listen on Libsyn: https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/34726275
Readings:
Abdurraqib, H. (2022). A little devil in America: in praise of black performance. Random House Trade Paperbacks. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/592315/a-little-devil-in-america-by-hanif-abdurraqib/
Bailey, A. H., LaFrance, M., & Dovidio, J. F. (2020). Implicit androcentrism: Men are human, women are gendered. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 89, 103980. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2020.103980
Boyle, B. (2015). Take me seriously. Now laugh at me! How gender influences the creation of contemporary physical comedy. Comedy Studies, 6(1), 78-90. https://doi.org/10.1080/2040610X.2015.1028167
Corsbie-Massay, C.L., et al. (2023). Conversations on Race and Entertainment Media (2014-2022). In Lind (Ed). Race/Gender/Class/Media: Considering Diversity Across Audiences, Content, and Producers (5th Edition). Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/RaceGenderClassMedia-Considering-Diversity-Across-Audiences-Content-and-Producers/Lind/p/book/9781032042114
Wilson, W. J. (2012). The truly disadvantaged: The inner city, the underclass, and public policy. University of Chicago Press. https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/T/bo13375722.html
Additional Resources
Bernie Mac on Def Comedy Jam Season 1 Episode 3 (1992 Jul 15) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8416616/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JkPx0gk6LE
National Coalition for the Homeless. https://nationalhomeless.org/statistics-general-information/
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