That''s Not Funny - How the Right Makes Comedy Work for Them

"An excellent tour through the contemporary right-wing media comedy complex, an area many of us know too little about and have resisted investigating on our own. I praise the authors for how beautifully they weave analysis into their descriptions of comedic performances and texts."—Viveca S. Greene, Associate Professor of Media Studies, Hampshire College

"A lively tour of the menagerie of sad right-wing comedy tryhards who wield a surprising amount of power in today's media ecosystem."—Ken Klippenstein, investigative journalist, The Intercept

"Looking directly at a partial eclipse, the authors of That's Not Funny push our critical considerations of humor beyond questions of taste, value, or political allegiance. They confront far-right laughter so we don't have to in their most engaging, timely, and evocative study."—Maggie Hennefeld, author of Specters of Slapstick & Silent Film Comediennes
 

Product details

• Authors: Nick Marx, Marx Nick, Matt Sienkiewicz, Matt Marx Sienkiewicz, Sienkiewicz Matt
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.03.2024
• EAN: 9780520402966
• ISBN: 978-0-520-40296-6
• No. of pages: 238
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Media Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, PERFORMING ARTS / Comedy, Political structure & processes, Performing arts: comedy, Comedy and stand-up, Political structure and processes, Conservatism & right-of-centre democratic ideologies, Liberalism & centre democratic ideologies, Centrist democratic ideologies, Right-of-centre democratic ideologies