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Strange Bedfellows: How Late-Night Comedy Turns Democracy Into a Joke

by Russell Peterson

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Synopsis:

From Johnny Carson to Jon Stewart, to Stephen Colberts roasting of President Bush at the White House Correspondents Dinner, Strange Bedfellows explores what Americans have found so funny about our political institutions and the people who inhabit them, and asks what this says about the health of our democracy, Peterson shows how each brand of satire plays off a different level of Americans frustrations with politics.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780813542843
Subtitle:
How Late-Night Comedy Turns Democracy Into a Joke
Author:
Peterson, Russell
Author:
Peterson, Russell Leslie
Author:
Peterson, Russell L.
Publisher:
Rutgers University Press
Subject:
Television comedies
Subject:
Television broadcasting of news
Subject:
Television - History & Criticism
Subject:
Television talk shows - United States
Publication Date:
March 2008
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
254
Dimensions:
9.34x6.32x.85 in. 1.18 lbs.
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