300 Pages
by
Routledge
300 Pages
by
Routledge
300 Pages
by
Routledge
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Satire & The State focuses on performance-based satire, most often seen in sketch comedy, from 1960 to the present, and explores how sketch comedy has shaped the way Americans view the president and themselves.
Numerous sketch comedy portrayals of presidents that have seeped into the American consciousness – Chevy Chase’s Gerald Ford, Dana Carvey’s George H.W. Bush, and Will Ferrell’s... Read more
Introduction 1. From Colony to Country: A Brief Overview of American Political Satire 2. JFK 3. LBJ and Nixon 4. Ford and Carter 5. Reagan and Bush 6. The Clintons 7. Dubbya 8. Obama 9. Donald J. Trump 10. Conclusion
Biography
Matt Fotis is an Associate Professor of Theatre at Albright College. He is the author of Long Form Improvisation and American Comedy: The Harold (2014), and coauthor of The Comedy Improv Handbook (2015).
