The synergy is in the air as NBC gears up to the 50th anniversary celebration on February 16. For this special broadcast of SNL, we will discuss the social, political, cultural impact of Saturday Night Live and how the show can be used in the classroom loosely around the following three areas:
- What’s so funny about Saturday Night Live: How does SNL’s structure and process lend itself to postmodern and digital comedy?
- Saturday Night Live as a cultural catalyst: How has SNL affected and been affected by important socio-political phenomena over the past 50 years?
- The irony of avant garde television: Can network television ever be a space for subversive comedy given the conservative expectations of corporate-owned media?
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