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Strange bedfellows : how late-night comedy turns democracy into a joke / Russell L. Peterson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Peterson, Russell Leslie.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Television comedies--United States--History and criticism.
- Television comedies.
- Television talk shows--United States.
- Television talk shows.
- Television broadcasting of news--United States.
- Television broadcasting of news.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (274 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A significant number of Americans get some of their "news" about politics and national affairs from comedy shows. Is "infotainment" a debasement, or a replacement, for traditional news outlets?
- Contents:
- Losing our religion
- "Showmen is devoid of politics": the roots of pseudo-satire and the rise of the comedy-industrial complex
- Film at 11:00, jokes at 11:30: topical comedy and the news
- The personal and the political
- Pay no attention to that man in front of the curtain
- Truth versus Truthiness; or, Looking for Mr. Smith
- For whom the bell dings
- Laughing all the way to the White House
- Irony is dead... long live satire?
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-243) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-77652-1
- 9786611776527
- 0-8135-4476-9
- OCLC:
- 476183159
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