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Satire and the Educated Elite in The Daily Show and The Colbert Report
This entry is part 5 of 16 in the series Essays / Analyses. This paper was originally presented in the “News and Satire” area of the Film & History Conference, Dallas, TX (November 8-12, 2006). The...
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Gen X’s Midlife Crisis: For Men Only?
In his column “Gen X Has a Midlife Crisis,” NY Times film critic A.O. Scott considers the current state of Generation X as seen by popular culture. Through an analysis of three texts released in 2010 —...
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Letters to the Editor: Gene Kelly
This morning, I came across two letters to the editor from the Pittsburgh: Post-Gazette, both of which concern one of my favorite stars/dancers/entertainers, Gene Kelly. The first letter comes from an...
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Top Posts of 2010: Scars, Stars, Sex, Satire, Students, and Social Networking
According to my blog stats, these are MediAcademia‘s 20 most visited posts of 2010. They are listed in order, #1 scoring the most hits this year. Looking at the posts collectively, I realize that some...
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Osama Bin Laden’s Death, Twitter Style
Let’s face it: I’m old. On weeknights and weekends, I’m usually in bed by 10:00 PM (EST), which means I must record and watch later The Killing, The Good Wife, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Late...
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Obi Wan Obama, Bin Laden’s Death, and Tumblr
In Monday’s post, I explained how I learned about Osama Bin Laden’s death via Twitter. Today, I want to look at the way President Obama and Bin Laden are currently being portrayed on another social...
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Rick Perry and the GOP Love Them Some Executions
It would be a lie to say I watched last night’s Republican debate. More accurately, the television was on MSNBC, Brian Williams posed questions, candidates yapped, and I sat on the couch redirecting...
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9/11 Memorial Merchandising: Where Should We Draw The Line?
Last night, both The Daily Show and The Colbert Report did bits on recent 9/11-related merchandise. Up first, The Daily Show remembered September 13, “the day Americans forgot the lessons of the day...
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Jon Stewart on Vacation (Quote of the Day)
This entry is part 3 of 29 in the series Quote of the Day. “When I go away on vacation I won’t look at the computer – I’m out. It’s like oxygen suddenly returns to your blood – it’s awesome.” – Jon...
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Stevie Wonder “Sees” MLK Memorial
This entry is part 9 of 13 in the series Pic of the Day. An inspirational moment, singer Stevie Wonder is raised on a crane to “see” the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, dedicated this morning in...
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Orson Welles “Apologizes” for War of the Worlds (Quote of the Day)
This entry is part 16 of 29 in the series Quote of the Day. I'm not apologizing to you nitwits. IT'S FICTION! “I’m extremely surprised to learn that a story, which has become familiar to children...
View ArticleNot a Traditional America Anymore: A Roundup of Commentary on Obama’s...
Even Bill O’Reilly, perhaps the most rational of Fox News pundits, called it: “It’s not a traditional America anymore.” After President Obama’s reelection Tuesday night, many writers have set out to...
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Help! (or Yay?) I’m Married to Brian Williams
Reading this profile of comedian Jerry Seinfeld in today’s NY Times reminds me of a post I’ve been meaning to construct for quite some time. But, you know… sometimes teaching, grading, and researching...
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Sexism in the Media: 2013 (The Representation Project)
The post Sexism in the Media: 2013 (The Representation Project) appeared first on MediAcademia.
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Jon Stewart Rips Glenn Beck (and Beck’s Audience) a New One
My text here won’t be long since it’s much more beneficial to let the video below do the talking. Last night, for the second time in the history of The Daily Show, Jon Stewart embodied Fox News’s Glenn...
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We’re All Winners and It’s Mister Rogers’s Fault: Pew Research, The...
I’ve been fascinated by generational studies ever since my husband brought home PowerPoint slides from “Introduction to Generations in the Workplace,” a presentation he attended about 6 or 7 years ago...
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Jon Stewart’s (Healthy) Obsession with Facts and Truth
About three years ago on a special edition of Hardball (MSNBC), Tom Brokaw claimed this of Jon Stewart and the writers of The Daily Show: “There are more facts and more truths told in the first eight...
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Christmas with Letterman: Cher in a Muff, the Lone Ranger, and Darlene Love
Tonight marks the 27th time powerhouse rock/gospel singer Darlene Love sings, nay, belts “Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)” on Late Show with David Letterman. (The only year since 1986 she hasn’t...
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A Few Media Matters: Miss America, Misogyny, and Rush Limbaugh
On Saturday, Media Matters tweeted about this year’s Miss America pageant: Noted sexist Rush Limbaugh is judging the Miss America pageant tonight on TLC: http://ow.ly/12c55. Follow the tweet’s...
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