Tag: Advertising
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S50 E06: Bill Burr
We talk about the complicated nature of satire and power in SNL for Trump Cold Open, and the complicated nature of meaning and commercial representation in Calling Dad, Buffalo Wild Wings, and Sex Rock CD. We also take time to appreciate Michael Che’s frustration with the election on Weekend Update.
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S49 E18: Dua Lipa
We talk about algorithms and the loss of water cooler conversations in Jerry Seinfeld’s appearance on Weekend Update as The Man Who Did Too Much Press, virtue signaling and slacktivism in Teeny Tiny Statement Pin, and the cognitive correlates of blackface and culture vultures in Good Morning Greenville.
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S49 E6: Emma Stone
We discuss the role of AI in art in AI: A film by Please Don’t Destroy, art vs. craft and the humor of finding joy in shame in What’s in the Kiln, and the incredibly effective erasure of cigarettes in the public sphere in Michael Longfellow’s appearance as Old Fashioned Cigarette on Banning Vapes on Weekend…
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