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Ironic Satire

Posted on July 7, 2017 by nwilson

I’m still talking about Bill Maher’s 2007 HBO stand-up showcase, Bill Maher: The Decider, where, after greeting the Boston crowd, Maher begins with ...

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More Problems with Satire

Posted on July 6, 2017 by nwilson

Brian Raftery of Wired.com (11/11/2016) points to the problems with satire as it is commonly understood: In fact, my dependence on satire was so severe this yea...

Humor Theories/Stand Up Comedy/Theories About Jokes

Problems with Satiric Irony

Posted on July 5, 2017 by nwilson

I’m still talking about Bill Maher’s 2007 HBO stand-up showcase, Bill Maher: The Decider, where, after greeting the Boston crowd, Maher begins with ...

Humor Theories/Stand Up Comedy/Theories About Jokes

Satire (and Litige)

Posted on July 3, 2017 by nwilson

In his 2007 HBO stand-up showcase, Bill Maher: The Decider, after greeting the Boston crowd, Maher begins with a critique of President George W. Bush.  Only 50 ...

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Tragedy Plus Time

Posted on July 1, 2017 by nwilson

In my analysis of Mike Birbiglia’s Thank God for Jokes, I included this blurb about how, in an off-hand way, Birbiglia mentions that “Comedy equals ...

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Jay Leno on Anti-Political Funny Stuff

Posted on June 25, 2017 by nwilson

Tim O’Shei interviewed Jay Leno for The Buffalo News (6/23/2017) about his philosophy on stand-up, and in Leno’s responses I see a few popular notio...

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Superiority Theory

Posted on June 6, 2017 by nwilson

Socrates/Plato’s (and others’) view of humor as derived from ridicule.  The forms usually attached to this mode of humor are irony, parody, and satire, wh...

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