COLLECTION NAME:
Graduate Thesis Collection
Record
Title:
“I Am Serious. And Don’t Call Me Shirley:” How Satire Can Be Funny and Meaningful
Creator:
Warsahuer, Michael
Subject:
Thesis (M.F.A.) -- Film and Television
Subject:
Savannah College of Art and Design -- Department of Film and Television
Rights:
Copyright is retained by the authors or artists of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Abstract:
This
thesis
paper
examines
how
satire
works
effectively,
as
well
as
how
critical
and
public
response
leads
to
real
world
change.
The
first
section
of
the
paper
draws
the
important
distinction
between
parody
and
comedy,
before
discussing
the
historical
impact
of
satire
in
film
and
television,
most
notably
in
Stanley
Kubrick’s
Dr.
Strangelove,
or
How
I
Learned
to
Stop
Worrying
and
Love
the
Bomb.
This
historical
examination
is
combined
with
analysis
of
modern
advertising
to
help
describe
how
my
thesis
project,
Shine
On
Nineteen
draws
on
its
predecessors
and
subjects
to
effectively
communicate
the
anti-commercial
message
of
the
piece
while
keeping
it
funny.
thesis
paper
examines
how
satire
works
effectively,
as
well
as
how
critical
and
public
response
leads
to
real
world
change.
The
first
section
of
the
paper
draws
the
important
distinction
between
parody
and
comedy,
before
discussing
the
historical
impact
of
satire
in
film
and
television,
most
notably
in
Stanley
Kubrick’s
Dr.
Strangelove,
or
How
I
Learned
to
Stop
Worrying
and
Love
the
Bomb.
This
historical
examination
is
combined
with
analysis
of
modern
advertising
to
help
describe
how
my
thesis
project,
Shine
On
Nineteen
draws
on
its
predecessors
and
subjects
to
effectively
communicate
the
anti-commercial
message
of
the
piece
while
keeping
it
funny.
Publisher:
Savannah, Georgia : Savannah College of Art and Design
Date:
2013-03
Format:
PDF : 23 p. : ill; WMV