That's Not Funny: How the Right Makes Comedy Work for Them

by Matt Sienkiewicz, Nick Marx, Matt Sinkiewicz

Book Overview

A rousing call for liberals and progressives to pay attention to the emergence of right-wing comedy and the political power of humor.

"Why do conservatives hate comedy? Why is there no right-wing Jon Stewart?" These sorts of questions launch a million tweets, a thousand op-eds, and more than a few scholarly analyses. That's Not Funny argues that it is both an intellectual and politically strategic mistake to assume that comedy...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520382137
• ISBN13: 9780520382138
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 9.1"