Tag: Race/Ethnicity: Latin/a/e/o/s/x
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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 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 E2: Bad Bunny
Bad Bunny makes the show his own in his hosting debut. We discuss dynamic and robust representations of Latino-ness in the opening monologue and throughout the episode, the complexity of satirizing cultural clashes in Protective Mom 2 and Telenovela, and disrupting stereotypes through normalization in Enrique’s Daughter.
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