Auditor's report

On Sepetember 27, 2008, Saturday Night Live (SNL) performed a cold open sketch of Katie Couric interviewing Sarah Palin during the presidential election of 2008. Tina Fey impersonates Sarah Palin, while Katie Couric is portrayed by Amy Poehler. The two comedians mock an actual interview done by the potential vice president and journalist that was performed a few weeks prior. The 7 minute cold open, which is longer than most of their sketches, contains a plethora of communication methods to…

Satire is the 'safest' way to contradict another person’s statements/ actions/ beliefs through use of humour, irony, exaggeration, and ridicule. Satire highlights key topical issues in society and identifies their flaws. It inspires some, and it'll offend some. Such is life. It's not easy being the perpetrator of a damaging ideal, only to have a mirror held up with the ugliest parts of our humanity reflected back. Thank You for smoking, released in theatres March 2006, is dark satire disguised…

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POLITICAL SATIRE AND THE PUBLIC SPHERE The ‘Late Show’ employs political satire to promote the agenda of the public sphere - enable citizens to engage in critical public debate, by advocating for a ‘deliberative democracy’. Political satire is often described as humour’s most overtly political genre (Faina 2012, p. 347). The Late Show’s harnesses the power of political satire to frame important socio-political issues in a manner similar to how individuals engage with…

Television shows in today’s world are becoming increasingly more inappropriate, both sexually and violently, especially shows aired on networks known for embracing this inappropriateness. Many television shows, however, are becoming less scripted and rawer in their context. The growing interest in stand-up comedy is revolutionizing comedic networks such as Comedy Central, allowing them to spend less time drafting potential pilots and simply airing pre-recorded live comedy shows to help fill up…

“WE ARE one year into my presidency, and it’s time to finally admit that I am absolutely crushing it.” So proclaims animated President Trump to open the premiere of “Our Cartoon President,” Showtime’s half-hour comedy, created by Stephen Colbert and his “Late Show” executive producer Chris Licht, that kicks off a 10-episode run Sunday. The “satirical view of the president, his family and his inner circle when the cameras are off,” as Licht describes it, was born out of the writers thinking…

Anti-pornography and Pro-sexuality Throughout history human sexuality has been an essential need to our existence. We engage in sexual activities for procreation and stimuli, but since the turn of the 20th century the United States society has scrutinized individuals need to self fulfill, therefore establishing anti- pornography social groups, feminist social groups and rivaling pro sexuality groups. There have been cases When Individuals hear the term anti- pornography the association of…

Alfred Kinsey was a professor of zoology at Indiana University in the late 1940s and during his career he began to take on an interest in the sexuality of living organisms, specifically in human sexuality. He published a book titled Sexual Behavior in the Human Male which became a huge success but his research methods, especially given the time period, were viewed as questionable and sometimes even unethical. The movie Kinsey tells the story of how he became interested in human sexuality and the…

However others take the position that biological influences may also play a significant role. The social constructionist perspective on human sexual identities hold that sexual identities are entirely socially created (Cherlin, p182). The kinsey report is a 1948 book by Alfred Kinsey detailing the results of thousands of interviews with men about their sexual behaviors. His findings on homosexuality shocked the country because half of all men in his sample admitted to having erotic feeling…

hundred and forty pounds of sugar per year" (Colbert Report). Almost every processed food contains corn syrup, sugar, or "sugar like" substances. Pollan indicates that the food industry has created this situation. The Farm Bill subsidizes corn and soy crops. These products are inexpensive for the consumer and very profitable for the food industry.…

In the 1960 's many changes occurred in America that questioned traditional society. From these questions, movements like the Sexual Revolution began to flourish. According to historian Beth Bailey, the sexual revolution of the 1960’s “was built on equal measures of hypocrisy and honesty, equality and exploitation” (Bailey 259). However, the sexual revolution did not consist of just one single movement. Multiple movements transpired at the same time, including the developments amongst women,…