Episode 40: Explode Out of the Chimney onto the Public Sphere (December, 2017)
In our final episode of 2017, we feature an interview with outgoing Cinema Journal editor Will Brooker addressing the past and future of the Society for Cinema Studies’ journal. In addition, we feature an interview with Maggie Hennefeld on her work as co-chair of the Comedy and Humor Studies Scholarly Interest Group (SIG) and her upcoming book Specters of Slapstick and Silent Film Comediennes.
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News & Notes
2017 British TV Christmas special guide
BBC Radio 4 report on Christmas TV featuring Brett Mills
Judi Dench: My Passion for Trees
Guardian review of Judi Dench: My Passion for Trees
Interview with Will Brooker
Cinema Journal editors and editorial board
Will’s graphic novel My So-Called Secret Identity
Will’s book Forever Stardust: David Bowie Across the Universe
“How to Defeat a Twitter Addiction”
Cinema Journal 57.1 cover image
Cinema Journal Name Change discussion forum
Interview with Maggie Hennefeld
Maggie Hennefeld, faculty profile and publications
Maggie’s book: Specters of Slapstick and Silent Film Comediennes
Overview of the Philosophy of Laughter Theories
Bahktin’s Rabelais and his World
Satire and Dissent by Amber Day
Satire on TV in the Post-Network Era
Laughing Mad: The Black Comic Persona in Post-Soul America by Bambi Haggins
All Joking Aside: American Humor and its Discontents by Rebecca Krefting
Critical Inquiry Special Issue: Comedy Has Issues
Feminist Media Histories: Gender and Comedy
Story about woman who laughed at Jeff Sessions’ confirmation hearing
(Note, the case has since been dismissed)
Comic Venus: Women and Comedy in American Silent Film by Kristen Anderson Wagner
Comedy and Humor Studies SIG links
Website
Twitter
Facebook
Grad Student Essay Prize
Wrap-Up
Brett Mills’ page at University of East Anglia
Life in the United Kingdom: A guide for new residents, 3rd Edition
Life in the United Kingdom section on comedy
Newsnight, “Satire Serves the Establishment”
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