Late Night with Trump: Political Humor and the American Presidency

by S Robert Lichter, Stephen J Farnsworth, S. Robert Lichter, et al.

Book Overview

Political humor has been a staple of late-night television for decades. The Trump White House, however, has received significantly greater attention than that of past presidents, such as Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and even Bill Clinton. In response to Trump's strident politics, late-night comics, including Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, Trevor Noah and Jimmy Fallon, have sounded key policy notes, further blurring the boundary between news and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138370657
• ISBN13: 9781138370654
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"