Walton Goggins’ hosting debut on May 10, 2025 was a wild romp that embraced his newfound sex symbol status and delivered hearty guffaws and gasps. We discuss the construction of slapstick with A Guy Who Just Walked into a Spiderweb on Trump’s Tariffs and the complexity of racial representation in The Movie Guy on Upcoming Summer Blockbusters, both segments on Weekend Update, as well as the humor potential of revealing intimate spaces in Boss’s Bathroom, A Dan Bulla Short. We also break down The Second Amendment and Mother’s Day Brunch. Readings include a reflection on Commedia Dell’Arte, an interview with Sofia Veragara, and reflections on the second amendment from legal scholars to Dave Chappelle.
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Readings
Chaffee, J., & Crick, O. (Eds.). (2015). The Routledge Companion to commedia dell’arte. Abingdon Oxfordshire, UK: Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Companion-to-Commedia-dellArte/Chaffee-Crick/p/book/9781138224995
Chappelle, D. (2019). Dave Chappelle Acceptance Speech | 2019 Mark Twain Prize. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwyeYmXjD1A
Dwyer, K. (2017 Jan 26). Sofia Vergara: ‘What’s Wrong With Being a Stereotype?’. https://time.com/4650846/sofia-vergara-stereotype-modern-family/
Gillota, D. (2013). Ethnic humor in multiethnic America. Rutgers University Press. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Ethnic_Humor_in_Multiethnic_America/FbgKAQAAQBAJ
Levinson, S. (1989). The embarrassing second amendment. The Yale Law Journal, 99(3), 637-659. https://www.jstor.org/stable/796759
Mastro, D. E., & Behm-Morawitz, E. (2005). Latino representation on primetime television. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 82(1), 110-130. https://doi.org/10.1177/107769900508200108
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