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  Springfield, Iraq

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  Jonathan Gray University of Wisconsin - Madison

  November 10, 2006

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  begins. Earlier in the episode, Springfieldians were the Americans in this story, easily succumbing to ...
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  “Taking Colbert Seriously: Faux News Man Issues Faux Apology for Real News

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  Megan Boler University of Toronto

  May 10, 2007

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  networks with effectiveness where we least expect it. Despite all shortcomings of our intermediaries ...
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  Throwing Out the Welcome Mat: Guests and Victims on Television Satire

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  Jonathan Gray University of Wisconsin - Madison

  July 23, 2007

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  Throwing Out the Welcome Mat: Guests and Victims on Television Satire Tony Blair The Simpsons satire public figures politics journalism Brasseye animation Ali G Curator's Note Two strategies for involving public figures. The Simpsons offers public fi ...
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  On Political Satire: ‘Ha-Ha’ Funny or Contemptuously So?

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  Jeffrey P. Jones Old Dominion University

  July 24, 2007

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  least that is what television critics expected from the Half-Hour News Hour, a Daily Show rip-off which ...
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  Apology to Americans: The Borders of Television Satire

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  Serra Tinic University of Alberta

  July 25, 2007

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  powerful ‘other.’ Does the ‘political’ begin and end with the subversive wink and giggle — particularly ...
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  Of Niggas and Citizens: Mobilizing Strategies on The Boondocks and the Rhetoric of Blame

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  Avi Santo Old Dominion University

  July 27, 2007

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  pushed to the periphery. On television, satire rarely begins at the margins and takes a critical look at ...
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  “You Got No Idea What’s Goin’ On On That Island!”: What SNL Can Teach Us About Lost

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  Ivan Askwith Big Spaceship

  February 13, 2008

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  stereotyped representation of gendered concerns and interests: at least in this elevator, men care about plot, ...
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  The Power of the Cliché in Televisionland

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  Randall Renner University of Florida

  March 26, 2008

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  contemporary television. At least two members of the cliché family remain virtually intact today through ...
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  “Speaking American: Cultural Expressions of Race and Nationality in Harold and Kumar”

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  Shilpa Dave Brandeis University

  April 28, 2008

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  “Speaking American: Cultural Expressions of Race and Nationality in Harold and Kumar” satire race gender South Asian Asian-American film trailer transcoding Curator's Note “Speaking American: Cultural Expressions of Race and Nationality in Harold and ...
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  Glimmers of Hope

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  Kevin Howley DePauw University

  February 22, 2010

  a television interview or debate is scheduled to begin.   As candidates catch a breath, practice that winning ...

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