Dubious Pundits: Presidential Politics, Late-Night Comedy, And The Public Sphere (Politics And Comedy: Critical Encounters)

This book shows how late-night political comedy transformed from personality-focused humor to substantive critique. The analysis includes transcripts from Saturday Night Live, The Daily Show, and The Colbert Report during the presidential elections from 1980-2008, and newspaper commentary about them.

• | Author: Nicole Michaud Wild
• | Publisher: Lexington Books
• | Publication Date: May 20, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 180 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1498567363
• | ISBN-13: 9781498567367