In this examination of stand-up comedy, Rebecca Krefting establishes a new genre of comedic production, "charged humor," and charts its pathways from production to consumption.
Jokes loaded with vitriol and delivered with verve, charged Humor compels audiences to action, artfully summoning political critiqu.
Some jokes are tears in the fabric of our beliefs--they challenge myths about how fair and democratic our society is and the behaviors and practices we enact to maintain those fictions.
In this examination of stand-up comedy, Rebecca Krefting establishes a new genre of comedic production, "charged humor," and charts its pathways from production to consumption