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r0b - Date published:
9:44 am, September 19th, 2010 - 10 comments
Categories: humour, us politics -
Tags: glenn beck, jon stewart, stephen colbert
Remember Glenn Beck’s “Rally to restore honour”? Depressed about America apparently spiralling out of control into political insanity? Me too! But now, at last, someone speaks up for the 70 to 80% of Americans who aren’t crazy. A beacon of hope in a troubled world! Jon Stewart announces his “Rally to restore sanity”! As an added bonus – Steven Colbert joins in the fun:
As a footnote – is there any decent political humour on NZ TV these days? I got hooked a long time ago as a regular member of the studio audience for “A Week Of It”, and there has been plenty of good stuff since then. But I don’t know of anything current? What has happened to political humour in this country?
The current rise of populism challenges the way we think about people’s relationship to the economy.We seem to be entering an era of populism, in which leadership in a democracy is based on preferences of the population which do not seem entirely rational nor serving their longer interests. ...
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“What has happened to political humour in this country?”
Beyond parody?
Are McPhail and Gadsby still active in entertainment circles ?
“What has happened to political humour in this country?”
I can think of a few ACTors who gave hilarious performances this week…
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It’s more of a commentary the The Daily Show but its so good.
Yeah, these publicity stunts are a weak broth for American madness. Jon Stewart is a total wuss when criminals like Tony Blair, James Baker, John Bolton, and Bill Clinton pollute the show. With B-list politicos, he can stretch out a little, but years ago he lost whatever balls he may have had.
“I disagree with you, but I’m pretty sure you’re not Hitler”
Lol…
Wasn’t it Hamish Keith, that great defender of the arts, who killed satire/parody in this country in the 1990’s? Didn’t he sue somebody and sent a chilling effect through the tv industry?
Whoever it was, it killed it at a time when we so needed to point out the emperor has no clothes.
Self-important people like Max “Toadie Butt Kissing” Bradford, Richardson, Shipley, Smiths (of all varieties), etc etc etc.
No, mate, it was 1984 and 25 years of kids growing up thinking “if there’s nothing in it for me, there’s nothing in it”. With a very few exceptions (Jeremy Elwood makes an effort to get stuck in) this generation of comedians avoid politics because they’ve never taken any interest.