SNL101

Jon Hamm understood the assignment in his 4th time as host on April 12, 2025. We discuss satirizing socioeconomic inequality in Check to Check Business News, civil disobedience with Emil Wakim on American Patriotism, and the complexity of roasting and comedy writing via Guess! The Correct! Answer!, Gay Parents, and The White Potus. Readings address psychological impacts of socioeconomic class, Henry David Thoreau’s essay on the relationships between individual citizens and government, and readings from our cohosts on the ethics of satire and humor. Stay tuned for a bonus conversation with  Charisse L’Pree and  Chuck Hayward on Lizzo, the paucity of popular protest music, and comedy post scandal. 

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Readings

Anderson, L. (2020). Roasting Ethics. The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, 78(4), 451-464. https://academic.oup.com/jaac/article-abstract/78/4/451/6049429 

Corsbie-Massay, C.L. (2023). Satirizing Class in Diveristy and Satire: Laughing at Processes of Marginalization. Wiley. https://www.wiley.com/en-ae/Diversity+and+Satire%3A+Laughing+at+Processes+of+Marginalization-p-9781119651970 

Manstead, A. S. (2018). The psychology of social class: How socioeconomic status impacts thought, feelings, and behaviour. British Journal of Social Psychology, 57(2), 267-291. https://bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/bjso.12251 

Thoreau, H. D. (2002). Civil disobedience. In Civil Disobedience in Focus (pp. 28-48). Routledge. https://www.thoreau-online.org/civil-disobedience.html