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It’s 2016 and Barack Obama’s 8th year of going to the presidential dinner at the White House, where the comedy said there is more pop culture related and less like what people expect to hear from politicians. From previous years he’s made references to “the Hunger Games” and drunk texting, and said he has a list that rhymes with bucket list for his last year in office. Even though Obama may not be the first post-racial president he is arguably the first postmodern humorist, and with his humor in

popped in my head. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart has been out since 1990’s announcing his departure earlier this year. His announcement left the viewers upset and wondering what would happen with the show is Stewart leaves. Is this the end of the program? Would Stewart come back on the show? Is there a remake of the show? And they all got their questions answered when announced that the show will continue just with a new host. Trevor Noah will now become the new face of the show and fill in the satirical

held in New York City earlier today, the network announced the slate of new and returning series. Among the renewed shows are Snap Decision (hosted by David Alan Grier), Divided (hosted by by Mike Richards) and Winsanity (hosted by Donald Faison). New episodes of the docuseries Cover Story and GSN's interstitial sweepstakes program Daily Draw will continue to air this year. Both shows premiered on January 14 and January 30, respectively. GSN is coming off a strong year of 16 million new viewers tuning

The fact that the company would want a slender mascot as opposed to an overweight one is ironic. This shows that even before the fast food industry was put on blast like it is in today’s culture, they already were aware of the correlation between unhealthy weight and fast food. The success of the McDonald’s Corporation that is still held today reflects

satires about the program. The satires both appeared within a few days of each other in 2013, mocking “Stop and Frisk”. The satires appeared on two different comedy talk shows, “The Colbert Report” and “Jon Stewart”, where the audience is expecting to learn about current events through humor. Because the people who watch these shows want to enjoy them from a playful perspective, most of the people already agree with the viewpoints of the hosts, which is liberal. Both of the texts that appear on “The

Satirical humor can form an idea of the comedy that expresses a humorous way to entertain the audience; it shows the different perspectives on how they manipulate the ideas and turn it into something funny to the audience. Satire always has different flavors on how they appeal enjoyable to the audience. Satire demonstrates something secure and ironic. Satirical humor is a communication tool to get involved more in politics in a positive way to people. Sometimes, satire can misunderstand people about

Comedy’s Influence on a Greater Scale Sarah Bishop ,who is an assistant professor in the department of communication studies at Baruch College, has written an article about Stephen Colbert’s appearance at a congress hearing addressing the issue of migrant workers. The congressional testimony from Colbert was meant to highlight the issues with our over dependence of migrant workers and how little we appreciate them. Bishop goes through the whole event and states her opinions on the matter using

At Its Finest (Chauser’s satirical project to reach his intended audience.) “Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful,” Molly Ivins said this. What is satire you might ask? Satire is the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues. Geoffrey Chauser is known as the father of the English language; he has very strong views about certain

criticize people’s stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues” (Oxford Dictionaries). Satire is used in many works of literature. For example, we can witness satires in magazines, newspapers, TV shows, and even in editorial cartoons. The importance of editorial cartoons is that they are type of nonverbal communication and are very important to the countries because they help with conversation and debate over tough problems. For instance, the editorial

Under the veil of humor, the dark truth is often revealed. Satire is a stylistic approach frequently used to showcase the disparities within society and the government. According to Mariam Webster, satire is defined as “a way of using humor to show that someone or something is foolish”. These disparities were highlighted through the filter of humor in both “Animal Farm” by George Orwell and the essay “A Modest Proposal” by Jonathan Swift. Satire can greatly influence one’s perception on global issues