Comedic Nightmare: The Trump Effect on American Comedy

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The Trump Effect on American Comedy

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Page Range:: 1–113

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004535862_002

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The 45th American president, Donald J. Trump, had a considerable impact on the comedic mood in America during his presidential tenure, drastically altering its style and historical flow. His presidency turned comedy into political weaponry, dividing it, like the country, into two camps—a Trump-supportive comedy emerged and a powerful anti-Trump comedy. Significantly, Trump himself adopted his own form of dark, caustic, comedy with consummate skill at his myriad rallies. No other president had ever come close to performing a clownish act in the same way. This book looks at Trump’s effect on American comedy, juxtaposing comedic traditions in America to the antics of Trump himself. Examining how comedy had evolved during his presidency might be able to shed some light on how and why American society has split into political tribes, and perhaps why there is no longer any common frame of reference for enjoying comedy. Trump himself was a consummate entertainer, who used his own style of destructive dark humor to lambast opponents, giving a comedic voice to hatred. He was a blend of commedia dell’arte personage, Archie Bunker redux, and P. T. Barnum hustler, who understood the power of humor to sway minds. This made him largely impervious to the comedic weapons being used against him. He fought comedy with comedy, leaving America in shambles. This book aims to deconstruct how Trump affected the American psyche by altering how comedy came to perceived and practiced.

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Comedic Nightmare

The Trump Effect on American Comedy

丛编： Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciencesand Brill Research Perspectives in Popular Culture

ISBN:: 9789004535862

出版社:: Brill

印刷出版日期:: 14 Nov 2022

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The Trump Effect on American Comedy

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