| Portion of title |
How satire made sense of a president who didn't |
| Series |
Routledge advances in theatre and performance studies
Routledge advances in theatre and performance studies. ^A571745
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| Contents |
Foreword / by Michael Moore -- This can't be good; or how I learned to stop worrying and love satire -- Trump was a joke, but it wasn't funny -- It's hard to make a joke out of a joke -- The first media created president -- "Let's make Donald Drumpf again" -- The joke's on you : the power of satire -- The last laugh. |
| General note | "Written by a scholar of satire and politics, Trump Was a Joke explains why satire is an exceptional foil for absurd political times and why it did a particularly good job of making sense of Trump. Covering a range of comedic interventions, it analyzes why political satire is surprisingly effective at keeping us sane when politics is making us crazy. Its goal is to highlight the unique power of political satire to encourage critical thinking, foster civic action, and further rational debate in moments of political hubris and hysteria. The book has been endorsed by Bassem Youssef, referred to as the Jon Stewart of Egypt, and Srdja Popovic, author of Blueprint for Revolution, who used satirical activism to bring down Serbian dictator Slobodan Milosevic. With a foreword by award-winning filmmaker, satirist and activist Michael Moore, this study will be of interest to readers who follow politics and enjoy political comedy and will appeal to the communications, comedy studies, media studies, political science, rhetoric, cultural studies, and American studies markets"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: McClennen, Sophia A. Trump was a joke Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2023 9781003294177 |
| LCCN | 2022054363 |
| ISBN | 9781032278018 |
| ISBN | 9781032278032 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 103227803X |
| ISBN | 1032278013 |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
| ISBN | ePub ebook |
| ISBN | PDF ebook |
