Foreword / Avi Santo. Of niggas and citizens : The Boondocks fans and differentiated Black American politics / State of satire, the satire of state / Jonathan Gray, Jeffrey P. Jones, Ethan Thompson -- With all due respect : satirizing presidents from Saturday night live to Lil' Bush / Jeffrey P. Jones -- Tracing the "fake" candidate in American television comedy / Heather Osborne-Thompson -- Fake news, real funny. And now, the news? Mimesis and the real in The daily show / Amber Day -- Jon Stewart and The daily show : I thought you were going to be funny! / Joanne Morreale -- Stephen Colbert's parody of the postmodern / Geoffrey Baym -- Building in the critical rubble : between deconstruction and reconstruction. Throwing out the welcome mat : public figures as guests and victims in TV satire / Jonathan Gray -- Speaking "truth" to power? Television satire, Rick Mercer report, and the politics of place and space / Serra Tinic -- Why Mitt Romney won't debate a snowman / Henry Jenkins -- Shock and guffaw : the limits of satire. Good demo, bad taste : South Park as carnivalesque satire / Ethan Thompson -- In the wake of "the nigger pixie" : Dave Chappelle and the politics of crossover comedy / Bambi Haggins -- Of niggas and citizens : The Boondocks fans and differentiated Black American politics / Avi Santo.
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