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Pissing In Political Cisterns, Or Laughing Into The Pot Of "The Flight 93 Election", Christopher J. Gilbert
Pissing In Political Cisterns, Or Laughing Into The Pot Of "The Flight 93 Election", Christopher J. Gilbert
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Laughter can provoke both cultural catharsis and sociopolitical critique. However, in an era of Trumpism, laughter has become troubled by vulgar rhetoric of shrugging off comic possibilities insofar as the act of “laughing-at” has overtaken US media culture. This essay argues that political laughter in the shadow of President Donald J. Trump is at risk of being enervated by an overwhelming sense of humorless ridicule. Nowhere is this more apparent than the infamous manifesto, “The Flight 93 Election,” which makes Trumpism into the laughable outgrowth of a crude comicality so prevalent in democratic—and anti-democratic—affairs.
Bawdy Blows: Vet Tv And The Comedy Of Combat Masculinity, Christopher J. Gilbert
Bawdy Blows: Vet Tv And The Comedy Of Combat Masculinity, Christopher J. Gilbert
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It is a practical truism that hypermasculine rules of engagement pervade U.S. military culture. Veteran Television (VET Tv), the self-proclaimed “Comedy Central of the military,” amplifies it to the ribald. This article takes up the online network’s contention that bloodthirstiness, indecency, cocksureness, and libidinous impudence characterize the new normal of the post-9/11 male soldier. By examining its comic framework for aligning bawdry with masculinity in bello (in or at war), I argue that VET Tv promotes the vice of male decadence in the guise of military virtue, particularly by making women the stooges for flippant misogyny, unadulterated maleness, and warlike …
War Comics, Christopher J. Gilbert
War Comics, Christopher J. Gilbert
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Decolonizing Caricature: Prosopographia In The Comic Politics Of Marty Two Bulls, Sr., Christopher J. Gilbert
Decolonizing Caricature: Prosopographia In The Comic Politics Of Marty Two Bulls, Sr., Christopher J. Gilbert
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#Notintendedtobeafactualstatement: On Truth And Lies In An Affective Sense, Christopher J. Gilbert
#Notintendedtobeafactualstatement: On Truth And Lies In An Affective Sense, Christopher J. Gilbert
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