Tag: Satire/Humor Parody
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S50 E01: Jean Smart
In Jean Smart’s first appearance as host after nearly 40 years on television, we talk about repurposing and sustainability in the parody commercial, Spirit Halloween, Black on Black humor in Devon Walker’s Eric Adams, and the privacy of public figures in Bowen Yang’s Moo Deng.
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S49 E20: Jake Gyllenhaal
We discuss Mulvey’s Male Gaze and Kracauer’s Mass Ornament in Beautiful Girls, unfair labor practices and genocide in Fast Fashion Ad, and humans as props in Weekend Update Joke Swap.
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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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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 E11: Ayo Edebiri
We discuss the importance of civic engagement and accountability in Why’d You Say It, the ironic inclusion of power in satire in the CNN Town Hall South Carolina Cold Open, and the absurdities of (and opportunities associated with disrupting) white supremacy and normativity in Trivia Quest and People’s Court – Bad Hair Day.
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S49 E9: Jacob Elordi
We discuss the attention economy and the Society of the Spectacle with Katt Williams/Club Shay Shay Extended Cut and the historical case studies of crisis communication in the new media environment with the Alaska Airlines Ad, as well as the relevance – and irrelevance – of laughter in satire in Weekend Update.
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S49 E8 Kate McKinnon
We discuss Kate’s unique brand of corporeal comedy in North Pole News, the light and heavy interpretation of distraction of Yankee Swap, the implicit and explicit feminism in Tampon Farm and Rich Auntie with no Kids (as well as Gifts from Mom), and ethics of community expectations in the now-iconic Joke Swap.
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S49 E5: Jason Momoa
Jason Momoa’s second time hosting SNL was a feel good experience as advertised. We discuss the Biden Panda Cold Open and the politics of distraction, Old Timey Movies and the psychology of photography, Remember Lizards and the commodification and production of art, and a few classic Momoa moments like Cast Away and GE Big Boys…
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S49 E1: Pete Davidson
Season 49 kicks off with Pete Davidson’s hosting debut. We talk about parody in I’m Just Pete, commodity feminism in Glamgina, and misinterpretations of Blackness in The Original Princes of Comedy: A film by Please Don’t Destroy.
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