It's an election year, which means two things: there's a lot of politics news, and there's a lot of politics news to mock. Before we get too deep into the silly season, let me clear up a few of the most common myths about politics and comedy.
Making fun of politics undermines American democracy.
People really say this, with straight faces. If it happens in a social setting, I chuckle and excuse myself for a drink. If it happens at a public event or panel discussion, I say something like, "American democracy is a centuries-old institution that has withstood seismic changes of the economic, political and sociocultural varieties, not to mention more than 12,000 members of Congress. No amount of joking could put a crack in its foundation, not even this ridiculous mashup of political leaders and Game of Thrones." Then I excuse myself for a drink.
When we make fun of people in power,...
Making fun of politics undermines American democracy.
People really say this, with straight faces. If it happens in a social setting, I chuckle and excuse myself for a drink. If it happens at a public event or panel discussion, I say something like, "American democracy is a centuries-old institution that has withstood seismic changes of the economic, political and sociocultural varieties, not to mention more than 12,000 members of Congress. No amount of joking could put a crack in its foundation, not even this ridiculous mashup of political leaders and Game of Thrones." Then I excuse myself for a drink.
When we make fun of people in power,...
- 5/15/2012
- by Mary Phillips-Sandy
- Aol TV.
In an interview with PressTV of Iran, former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney said the Tea Party movement "was definitely hijacked." McKinney, making her first visit to Iran to attend an anti-terrorism seminar, told her interviewer that there was "tremendous pressure inside the political process to make sure that the voters stay aligned inside either the Democratic or the Republican parties, because both of those parties have been captured by special interests." McKinney suggested the Tea Party was an example of a grassroots movement "hijacked" and then "corralled back into the Republican Party fold so that these could then stay where the powers that be would like them to be." McKinney said Sarah Palin was a key part of that effort:...
- 5/23/2011
- by Mark Joyella
- Mediaite - TV
- This year Ioncinema.com is covering the 2006 edition of the Sundance Film Festival Live from Park City, Utah. We’ll be on hand to cover the festival, and while we won’t be able to cover everything from A to Z: here is a comprehensive beforehand look at the selections in each of the festival’s sections. (Note: To access individual preview pages, simply click on the links below) January 19th to the 28th, 2006Counting Down: updateCountdownClock('January 19, 2006'); Docu Competition"American Blackout," Ian Inaba's assessment of the career of U.S. Representative Cynthia McKinney of Georgia and the purported suppression of the black vote historically and in the 2004 election in Florida and Ohio. "Crossing Arizona," Joseph Mathew's mosaic of human stories enmeshed in Arizona's illegal immigration crisis. "God Grew Tired of Us," Christopher Quinn and Tom Walker's account of the culture shock that hits four Sudanese
- 1/17/2006
- IONCINEMA.com
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