Tag: American Dream
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S50 E17: Jon Hamm
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.
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S50 E11: Dave Chappelle
We discuss Chappelle’s progressively classic Stand-Up Monologue and political aesthetics, journalism’s struggle in the current communication environment with MSNBC social Coverage Cold Open, and the power of ambiguity and backstory in Evacuation Alert. We are joined in the virtual studio by friend of the pod, Chuck Hayward for an exciting conversation about Chappelle’s trajectory.
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S50 E4: Michael Keaton
We discuss the Weekend Update appearances of Sarah Sherman and Emil Wakim and the absurdity of internalized oppression, as well as how the film by Please Don’t Destroy: Skydiving can remind us to be more empathetic in our everyday lives. We also take a brief detour to ruminate on Tony Hinchcliffe’s remarks at a Trump…
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S49 E15: Ramy Youssef
We talk about how the comedic style of marginalized honesty is received in Youssef’s Opening Monologue, normalizing Islam in Ozempic for Ramadan, inter generational narratives with Immigrant Dad Talk Show, and gallows humor in Murder Detective.
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S49 E7: Adam Driver
We talk about the congressional hearings on antisemitism, magnification of the conflict between academic expectations and popular discourse in the College Presidents Cold Open, racial and gendered differences in politeness and threat in Beep Beep showcases , the dehumanization of the elderly in Elder PSA, and the tendency to embellish and its impact on the…
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S49 E3: Nate Bargatze
Nate Bargatze is “The Nicest Man in Stand-Up,” and it shows in his SNL debut. We discuss cultural ownership and authentic Blackness in “Chef’s Show,” Liberty, Logic, and American Exceptionalism in “Washington’s Dream,” and commodifying masculinity in Dawg Food: A film by Please Don’t Destroy.
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