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  "Game Change" and "Showgirls": Politics as Camp

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  Michael Barthel University of Washington

  August 21, 2012

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  "Game Change" and "Showgirls": Politics as Camp Sarah Palin Politics as Entertainment camp Curator's Note Game Change told a familiar story: a big fish in a small pond finds the spotlight and, after proper training, overtakes the ...
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  “Get Out the Way, Malcolm Tucker”: Veep Fans and Cynical Citizens

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  Brett Boessen Austin College

  August 24, 2012

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  “Get Out the Way, Malcolm Tucker”: Veep Fans and Cynical Citizens Veep The Thick of It Politics as Entertainment politics Iannucci fans fandom cynicism Armando Iannucci Curator's Note [Note: This post authored by Brett Boessen and Carrie Griffin.] In ...
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  Politics Is Funny, But Nothing To Laugh At: The Daily Show And Its Limits

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  Sudeep Sharma UCLA

  August 22, 2012

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  Politics Is Funny, But Nothing To Laugh At: The Daily Show And Its Limits Politics as Entertainment politics Occupy news media criticism journalism Jon Stewart Daily Show Curator's Note Going beyond humor, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart creates a cl ...
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  HBO's Veep, Postfeminism, and Political Humor

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  Emanuelle Wessels Augsburg College

  August 23, 2012

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  HBO's Veep, Postfeminism, and Political Humor Veep satire Politics as Entertainment Gender and Politics Curator's Note /*-->*/ Veep is not the first fictional program featuring a woman in the White House. It is, however, the first comedic one ...
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  From Bartlet to Knope: Politics and instructional television

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  Rossend Sanchez-Baro Universitat Pompeu Fabra

  August 20, 2012

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  From Bartlet to Knope: Politics and instructional television The West Wing Politics as Entertainment Leslie Knope Jed Bartlet instructional TV Curator's Note The West Wing seems to be a unique example in recent American television. Despite its long t ...