Saturday Night Live and Philosophy, Jason Southworth
Saturday Night Live and Philosophy, Jason Southworth
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Saturday Night Live and Philosophy
Deep Thoughts Through the Decades

Author: Jason Southworth, Ruth Tallman

Narrator: Randye Kaye, Patrick Lawlor

Unabridged: 9 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/10/2020


Synopsis

Comedian-philosophers from Socrates to Sartre have always prodded and provoked us, critiquing our most sacred institutions and urging us to examine ourselves in the process. In Saturday Night Live and Philosophy, a star-studded cast of philosophers takes a close look at the "deep thoughts" beneath the surface of NBC's award-winning late-night variety show and its hosts' zany antics. In this book, philosophy and comedy join forces, just like the Ambiguously Gay Duo, to explore the meaning of life itself through the riffs and beats of the subversive parody that gives the show its razor-sharp wit and undeniable cultural and political significance. Our guest hosts raise some eyebrows with questions like:

● Is Weekend Update Fake News?

● Does SNL upset dominant paradigms or trap us in political bubbles?

● When it comes to SNL, how can we tell the difference between satire, smart-assery, and seriousness?

● Is the Ladies Man too stupid for moral responsibility?

● What is the benefit of jokes that cause outrage?

● The Church Lady has a bad case of moral superiority. How about you?


About Jason Southworth

Jason Southworth is a philosophy instructor at several colleges and universities. His research focuses on the philosophy of language and applied ethics. He has been a regular contributor to the Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture series.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jason on September 26, 2022

It was interesting but I think there were a lot of leaps as to whether SNL writers were thinking about Plato and Sartre while writing the Church Lady and Wayne's World. Maybe on Deep Thoughts :-) Still glad I read it!......more

Goodreads review by Jude Merkel on August 25, 2024

I really liked this one......more

Goodreads review by Ryk on December 24, 2023

Very enjoyable revisiting skits from the past and gaining an increased understanding of how ideas work philosophically.......more

Goodreads review by I Read, Therefore I Blog on February 06, 2022

Jason Southworth is a philosophy instructor at several colleges and universities. Ruth Tallman is department chair and teaches philosophy at Hillsborough Community College. This mixed bag of 20 essays (part of a series on philosophy and pop culture) examines the elements of Saturday Night Live throu......more