Tag: Gender Feminism
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S51 E07 Melissa McCarthy
We discuss Pentagon Press Conference Cold Open and Jost’s growing confidence as a performer, A Helping Hand and McCarthy’s dramatic range, and closely analyze Free Sample as a way to discuss fat humor, embodiment, loneliness, and attachment theory.
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S51E02: Amy Poehler
We talk about Emo Mom through the lens of liminality on both ends of adulthood, in adolescence and menopause, as well as gendered differences in aging, and representations of grief.
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S50 E20: Scarlett Johansson
We talk about the power of news parody with Local News Stories and Press Junket, as well as the complexity of humorous gaze with Couples at the Bar and food Ethics in Victorian Ladies Who Lunch. We also discuss Mike Myers Elevator Ride and Joke Swap.
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S50 E19: Walton Goggins
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, as well as the humor potential of revealing intimate spaces in Boss’s Bathroom, A Dan Bulla Short.
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S50 E14: Lady Gaga
We discuss the power of satire in the Trump, Musk and Rubio Meeting Cold Open, satirizing masculinity and power in Weekend Update: Lord Gaga on His Unwavering Support for His Wife Lady Gaga, the manic pixie dream girl and commodity feminism in Mascara Commercial, and language and power in No More Slay.
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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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S50 E03: Ariana Grande
Ariana Grande already looks like a 5-timer in her second time hosting. We discuss the struggle for unionization with Monica: A Happy Amazon Employee and magnifying the absurdities of history in Castrati, as well learning and to lose and the relationship between competition and cooperation in Charades with Mom.
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S50 E02: Nate Bargatze
Nate Bargatze hosts the second episode of the 50th season with his trademark generous use of social space. We discuss masculinity in the Opening Monologue, the desires of the dead in Water Park, grotesque bodies and food in Sushi Glory Hole and Mile High Burger, and asymmetrical bilingualism in Sabado Gigante.
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S49 E17: Ryan Gosling
We talk about emotional contagion and breaking with Beavis and Butt-Head, and the complexity of sexist jokes with the Weekend Update Guest Appearances from SNL’s Resident Boyfriend, Michael Longfellow, and Caitlyn Clark.
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S49 E16: Kristen Wiig
We discuss resolving gender pay gaps in sports with the TBS March Madness Cold Open, the overlap of fitness and identity with the horror trailer Pilates, and the double edged sword of gamifying reality with Jumanji.
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