Saturday night live and philosophy : deep thoughts through the decades / edited by Jason Southworth, Ruth Tallman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Southworth, Jason, editor.

Tallman, Ruth, editor.

Wiley InterScience (Online service)

Series:

Blackwell philosophy and popculture series

The Blackwell philosophy and pop culture series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Saturday night live (Television program).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 244 pages.)

Place of Publication:

Hoboken : Wiley Blackwell, 2020.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Part I The Opening Monologue p. 3

1 Chase's Ford vs. Belushi's Samurai: Why Is it OK to Punch Up But Not Down? p. 5 / Ruth Tallman

2 Mr. Mike: The Dark, Existentialist Vision of Michael O'Donoghue p. 15 / Erich Christiansen

3 How Do They Get Away with It?: Pushing Boundaries with Offensive Material on Saturday Night Live p. 25 / Michael McGowan

4 SNL, Satire, and Socrates: Smart-Assery or Seriousness? p. 39 / Joshua J. Reynolds

Part II Some Political Sketches p. 51

5 Saturday Night Live and the Political Bubble p. 53 / William Irwin

6 Saturday Night Live and the Production of Political Truth: Foucault Explains the Danger of Late Night Comedy p. 63 / Kimberly S. Engels

7 Word Associations, Black Jeopardy, and Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood: SNL Tackles Race p. 75 / J. Jeremy Wisnewski

8 John Belushi, Chris Farley, and Stuart Smalley: Drugs and Recovery on Saturday Night Live p. 87 / William Irwin and J.R. Lombardo

Part III Some Sketches Featuring Your Favorite Recurring Characters p. 99

9 Dana Carvey vs. Darrell Hammond: What Does it Mean to be "Spot On," and Does it Matter? p. 101 / Tadd Ruetenik

10 SNL's Blasphemy and Rippin' up the Pope: "Well Isn't That Special?" p. 109 / David Kyle Johnson

11 "Wayne's World" and the Philosophy of Play p. 131 / Jason Holt

12 Bulls, Bears, and Beers: Da Philosophy of Super Fandom p. 141 / Robin Barrett

Part IV And Now for Our Musical Guest p. 149

13 Liveness and Lip-Synching: Andy Kaufman and Eminem p. 151 / Theodore Gracyk

Part V Weekend Update p. 167

14 I Hate Applause: Norm Macdonald and Laughter p. 169 / Jeremy Fried

15 Saturday Night Live's Citizen Journalists and the Nature of Democracy p. 177 / Kati Sudnick and Erik Garrett

16 Fake News as Media Theory: SNL on TV Journalism p. 187 / Gerald J. Erion

17 "Look, Children, It's a Falling Star": David Spade and SNL Family Disloyalty p. 199 / Jason Southworth and Ruth Tollman

Part VI The Absurd Stuff That Happens Near the End p. 209

18 The Simulated Reality of Saturday Night Live p. 211 / Edwardo Pérez

19 Deep Thoughts about Deep Thoughts: The Existentialism of Jack Handey p. 223 / John Scott Gray

20 The Ladies Man and "President Bush": Can Someone Be Too Stupid for Moral Responsibility? p. 231 / Jason Southworth.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Hoboken, N.J. Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Online version: Saturday night live and philosophy

ISBN:

9781119538714

1119538718

Publisher Number:

40029822884

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Restricted for use by site license.