Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation

Auteur(s) : Sienkiewicz, Matt  Voir les notices liées en tant qu'auteur
Marx, Nick  Voir les notices liées en tant qu'auteur

Titre(s) : That's not funny [Texte imprimé] : how the right makes comedy work for them / Matt Sienkiewicz and Nick Marx

Publication : Oakland [California] : University of California Press, 2022

Description matérielle : vii, 229 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm

Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-217) and index
"Why do conservatives hate comedy? Why is there no right-wing Jon Stewart?" These sorts of questions launch a million tweets, a thousand op-eds, and more than a few scholarly analyses. That's Not Funny argues that it is both an intellectual and politically strategic mistake to assume that comedy has a liberal bias. In this book, authors Matt Sienkiewicz and Nick Marx take readers--particularly self-described liberals--on a tour of contemporary conservative comedy and the "right-wing comedy complex." In That's Not Funny, "complex" takes on an important double meaning. On the one hand, liberals have developed a social-psychological complex--it feels difficult, even dangerous, to acknowledge that their political opposition can produce comedy. At the same time, the right has been slowly building up a comedy-industrial complex, utilizing the humorous, irony-laden media strategies of liberals such as Jon Stewart, Samantha Bee, and John Oliver to garner audiences and supporters. Right-wing comedy has been hiding in plain sight, finding its way into mainstream conservative media through figures ranging from Fox News's Greg Gutfeld to libertarian podcasters like Joe Rogan. That's Not Funny guides readers through media history, text, and technique, and interviews with and observations of conservative comedians in action. You will find many of these comedians utterly appalling, some surprisingly funny, and others just plain weird. They are all, however, culturally and politically relevant--the American right is attempting to seize spaces of comedy and irony previously held firmly by the left. You might not like this brand of humor, but you can't ignore it."

Sujet(s) : Comédie -- Aspect politique -- États-Unis  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Extrême droite -- Humour -- États-Unis  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Satire politique américaine  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet

Indice(s) Dewey :  817.009 (23e éd.) = Humour et satire américains de langue anglaise - Histoire et critique  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet

Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780520382138. - ISBN 0520382137. - ISBN 9780520382145 (erroné)

Identifiant de la notice  : ark:/12148/cb47101835q

Notice n° :  FRBNF47101835 (notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)

Table des matières : Introduction : right-wing comedy ; Fox news and mainstream right-wing comedy ; Making comedy great again : paleocomedy ; Religio-rational satire : owning the libs one faulty syllogism at a time ; The legions of libertarian podcasters ; Trolling the depths of the right-wing comedy complex ; Conclusion : performing right and left.