LEADER 04386nam 2200661 450 001 9910788369203321 005 20230725040408.0 010 $a1-61376-037-X 035 $a(CKB)3170000000046993 035 $a(MH)012257725-6 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000605825 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11433927 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000605825 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10579703 035 $a(PQKB)10558771 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4532939 035 $a(OCoLC)793341705 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse3857 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4532939 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11214437 035 $a(EXLCZ)993170000000046993 100 $a20160610h20102010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe dance of the comedians $ethe people, the president, and the performance of political standup comedy in America /$fPeter M. Robinson 210 1$aAmherst, [Massachusetts] ;$aBoston, [Massachusetts] :$cUniversity of Massachusetts Press,$d2010. 210 4$dİ2010 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 257 p. )$cill. ; 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-55849-733-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPrologue : "I'm not kidding" -- An American company of comedians -- Dance partners -- A presidential crinoline -- New frontiers -- All lies and jest -- Rebellion by the pound -- Epilogue : Back to the future. 330 1 $a"Why did Barack Obama court Jon Stewart and trade jokes with Stephen Colbert during the campaign of 2008? Why did Sarah Palin forgo the opportunity to earn votes on the Sunday morning political talk shows but embrace the chance to get laughs on Saturday Night Live? The Dance of the Comedians examines the history behind these questions - the merry, mocking, and highly contested anarchies of standup political comedy that have locked humorists, presidents, and their fellow Americans in an improvisational three-way "dance" since the early years of the American republic." "Peter M. Robinson shows how the performance of political humor developed as a celebration of democracy and an expression of political power, protest, and commercial profit. He places special significance on the middle half of the twentieth century, when presidents and comedians alike - from Calvin Coolidge to Ronald Reagan, from Will Rogers to Saturday Night Live's "Not Ready for Prime Time Players" - developed modern understandings of the power of laughter to affect popular opinion and political agendas, only to find the American audience increasingly willing and able to get in on the act. These years put the longstanding traditions of presidential deference profoundly in play as all three parties to American political humor - the people, the presidents, and the comedy professionals - negotiated their way between reverence for the office of the presidency and ridicule of its occupants." "Although the focus is on humor, The Dance of the Comedians illuminates the process by which Americans have come to recognize that the performance of political comedy has serious and profound consequences for those on all sides of the punch line." -- Publisher's description. 606 $aPresidents$zUnited States$vHumor$xHistory 606 $aPolitical satire, American$xHistory and criticism 606 $aStand-up comedy$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aAmerican wit and humor$xHistory 606 $aPresidents$zUnited States$xPublic opinion$xHistory 606 $aPublic opinion$zUnited States$xHistory 615 0$aPresidents$xHistory. 615 0$aPolitical satire, American$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aStand-up comedy$xHistory. 615 0$aAmerican wit and humor$xHistory. 615 0$aPresidents$xPublic opinion$xHistory. 615 0$aPublic opinion$xHistory. 676 $a973.09/9 700 $aRobinson$b Peter M.$f1958-$01568442 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910788369203321 996 $aThe dance of the comedians$93840569 997 $aUNINA 999 $aThis Record contains information from the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others the Library of Congress