Tag: Stereotyping Dehumanization
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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 E14: Josh Brolin
We discuss Scarlett Johansson’s horror-humor takedown of Katie Britt in the State of the Union Cold Open, the history of tabloid talk shows in Shonda Talk Show, and the structure of insult comedy in Weekend Update.
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S49 E12: Shane Gillis
In Shane Gillis’ first time on the SNL stage after his very public firing before he ever appeared onscreen in 2019, we discuss satirizing fact, fiction, and fraud across Trump Victory Party Cold Open and Trump Sneakers, as well as stereotype threat and racial anxiety in The Floor.
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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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