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Saturday Night Live and Philosophy
Deep Thoughts Through the DecadesThe Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series 1. Aufl.
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11,99 € |
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| Verlag: | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Format: | EPUB |
| Veröffentl.: | 11.02.2020 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9781119538684 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 272 |
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<p><b>This hilarious cast of star philosophers will make you laugh while you think as they explore the moral conundrums, ridiculous paradoxes, and wild implications of <i>Saturday Night Live</i></b><b> </b></p> <p>Comedian-philosophers from Socrates to Sartre have always prodded and provoked us, critiquing our most sacred institutions and urging us to examine ourselves in the process. In <i>Saturday Night Live and Philosophy</i>, a star-studded cast of philosophers takes a close look at the “deep thoughts” beneath the surface of NBC’s award-winning late-night variety show and its hosts’ zany antics. In this book, philosophy and comedy join forces, just like the Ambiguously Gay Duo, to explore the meaning of life itself through the riffs and beats of the subversive parody that gives the show its razor-sharp wit and undeniable cultural and political significance. Our guest hosts raise some eyebrows with questions like:</p> <ul> <li>Is Weekend Update Fake News?</li> <li>Does SNL upset dominant paradigms or trap us in political bubbles?</li> <li>When it comes to SNL, how can we tell the difference between satire, smart-assery, and seriousness?</li> <li>Is the Ladies Man too stupid for moral responsibility?</li> <li>What is the benefit of jokes that cause outrage?</li> <li>The Church Lady has a bad case of moral superiority. How about you?</li> <li>What can Wayne and Garth teach us about living a happy life?</li> </ul>
<p>Cast Members ix</p> <p>Cold Open: The Introduction 1</p> <p><b>Part I The Opening Monologue 3</b></p> <p>1 Chase’s Ford vs. Belushi’s Samurai: Why is it OK to Punch Up But Not Down? 5<br /><i>Ruth Tallman</i></p> <p>2 Mr. Mike: The Dark, Existentialist Vision of Michael O’Donoghue 15<br /><i>Erich Christiansen</i></p> <p>3 How Do They Get Away with It?: Pushing Boundaries with Offensive Material on <i>Saturday Night Live </i>25<br /><i>Michael McGowan</i></p> <p>4 <i>SNL</i>, Satire, and Socrates: Smart‐Assery or Seriousness? 39<br /><i>Joshua J. Reynolds</i></p> <p><b>Part II Some Political Sketches 51</b></p> <p>5 <i>Saturday Night Live </i>and the Political Bubble 53<br /><i>William Irwin</i></p> <p>6 <i>Saturday Night Live </i>and the Production of Political Truth: Foucault Explains the Danger of Late Night Comedy 63<br /><i>Kimberly S. Engels</i></p> <p>7 Word Associations, Black Jeopardy, and Mr. Robinson’s Neighborhood: <i>SNL </i>Tackles Race 75<br /><i>J. Jeremy Wisnewski</i></p> <p>8 John Belushi, Chris Farley, and Stuart Smalley: Drugs and Recovery on <i>Saturday Night Live 87<br /></i><i>William Irwin and J.R. Lombardo</i></p> <p><b>Part III Some Sketches Featuring Your Favorite Recurring Characters 99</b></p> <p>9 Dana Carvey vs. Darrell Hammond: What Does it Mean to be “Spot On,” and Does it Matter? 101<br /><i>Tadd Ruetenik</i></p> <p>10 <i>SNL</i>’s Blasphemy and Rippin’ up the Pope: “Well Isn’t That Special?” 109<br /><i>David Kyle Johnson</i></p> <p>11 “Wayne’s World” and the Philosophy of Play 131<br /><i>Jason Holt</i></p> <p>12 Bulls, Bears, and Beers: Da Philosophy of Super Fandom 141<br /><i>Robin Barrett</i></p> <p><b>Part IV And Now for Our Musical Guest 149</b></p> <p>13 Liveness and Lip‐Synching: Andy Kaufman and Eminem 151<br /><i>Theodore Gracyk</i></p> <p><b>Part V Weekend Update 167</b></p> <p>14 I Hate Applause: Norm Macdonald and Laughter 169<br /><i>Jeremy Fried</i></p> <p>15 <i>Saturday Night Live’s </i>Citizen Journalists and the Nature of Democracy 177<br /><i>Kati Sudnick and Erik Garrett</i></p> <p>16 Fake News as Media Theory: <i>SNL </i>on TV Journalism 187<br /><i>Gerald J. Erion</i></p> <p>17 “Look, Children, It’s a Falling Star”: David Spade and <i>SNL </i>Family Disloyalty 199<br /><i>Jason Southworth and Ruth Tallman</i></p> <p><b>Part VI The Absurd Stuff That Happens Near the End 209</b></p> <p>18 The Simulated Reality of <i>Saturday Night Live </i>211<br /><i>Edwardo Pérez</i></p> <p>19 Deep Thoughts about Deep Thoughts: The Existentialism of Jack Handey 223<br /><i>John Scott Gray</i></p> <p>20 The Ladies Man and “President Bush”: Can Someone Be Too Stupid for Moral Responsibility? 231<br /><i>Jason Southworth</i></p> <p>Index 239</p>
<p><b>JASON SOUTHWORTH</b> is a philosophy instructor at several colleges and universities. His research focuses on the philosophy of language and applied ethics. He has been a regular contributor to the Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture series. <p><b>RUTH TALLMAN</b> teaches philosophy and serves as department chair at Hillsborough Community College in Tampa, FL. She spends her summers as a seminar leader at the Sherwin B. Nuland Summer Institute in Bioethics at Yale University. She works in applied ethics, with a particular focus on biomedical ethics. Lately, her research has centered on ethical issues regarding physician-patient relationships. <p>To learn more about the Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture series, visit <b>www.andphilosophy.com</b>
<p><b>Is Weekend Update fake news?</b> <p><b>How can we tell the difference between satire, smart-assery, and seriousness?</b> <p><b>What is the benefit of jokes that cause outrage?</b> <p><b>The Church Lady has a bad case of moral superiority. How about you?</b> <p><b>What can Wayne and Garth teach us about living a happy life?</b> <p>Live from New York for over forty years, <i>Saturday Night Live</i> is seriously funny, and through decades of sketches, monologues, commercials, music acts, and a huge cast of recurring characters, NBC's original late-night comedy sketch show has brought a touch of levity to everything that is laughable about modern life. Many of the greatest minds in modern comedy—Bill Murray, Eddie Murphy, Steve Martin, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Chris Rock, Kate McKinnon and more—have honed their craft at <i>SNL</i>, finding fresh ways to highlight the ridiculous and absurd in our boardrooms, newsrooms, mailrooms, sorority houses, music studios, churches, schools, and everywhere in between. Politicians from Gerald Ford to Donald Trump have had their faults and foibles lampooned by <i>SNL's</i> election sketches and satirical news segments, and all the while, Weekend Update has shown us that the medium is the message. <p>Of course, comedian-philosophers from Socrates to Sartre have always prodded and provoked us, critiquing our most sacred institutions and urging us to examine ourselves in the process. In <i>Saturday Night Live and Philosophy</i>, a star-studded ensemble cast of philosophers takes a close look at the "deep thoughts" beneath the surface of the award-winning late-night variety show and its hosts' hijinks. In this book, philosophy and comedy join forces with the strength of the Ambiguously Gay Duo to explore the meaning of life itself through the riffs and beats of the subversive parody that gives the show its razor-sharp wit and undeniable cultural and political significance.
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