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  Nathan for You and Cable's Contested Masculinities

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  Nick Marx Colorado State University

  August 21, 2014

  masculinities made possible by contemporary cable’s hyper-competitive targeting of young male audiences. This ... Hispanic, and “old” panelists, demographics nominally outside of Comedy Central’s targeted audience, but ...
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  Inside Amy Schumer: Just enough feminism? Or not feminist enough?

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  Diana DePasquale Bowling Green State University

  August 20, 2014

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  does feature sketches from a female perspective and critiques misogyny and sexism, I’m not sure how ...
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  Post-Feminism & the Dehumanization of Sex Workers in SNL's Moet & Chandon Sketch

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  Raechel Tiffe University of Minnesota

  August 18, 2014

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  girls disappeared, but I’m alive. Thanks champagne!” We also learn that Brecky was “cut in half for ...
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  Be-Be-Beaver Boys!

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  Jeffrey Sconce Northwestern University

  January 22, 2008

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  excitable “beaver boys” frolicking on the shrimp-strewn sand. Perhaps this is where “outsider” comedy is ...