Identify 3 possible topics for your paper (identify your top pick)
Episode of Norm Macdonald Has a Show
Episode of Fawlty Towers
[Episode of The Eric Andre Show]
Describe why you’ve chosen these (pros and cons of each)
PRO: Norm Macdonald Has a Show is a talk show has completely replaced the politics, virtue signalling, and Trump bashing of late night nowadays with absurd jokes, unheard and funny stories, and an on-set vending machine. CON: While being hilarious, the show goes out of its way to dodge political topics and events. Such a decision can easily be mistaken for “running away”, which other talk show hosts apparently run towards.
Fawlty Towers is an old British sitcom that used to air in the 1970’s, can now be viewed in full on Netflix, and is full of things that people today might find offensive and outdated. PRO: aired in a time and place before political correctness. John Cleese is known as an ex-member of the prolific comedy group Monty Python, who have made skits, movies, and jokes based on religion, politics, etc. CON: Can be hard to truly relate to due to it coming from a time and place far from the here and now.
The Eric Andre Show is another late night-esque show, but is completely surreal. PRO: The show is all about subverting typical television tropes and being an anti-talk show, and has much to offer. CON(?): is devoid of politics but full of offensive, dark, and absurd humor.
Write what your questions are about this assignment at this point
Does everything we watch nowadays have a political bias? Can a popular TV show give an opinion without it eventually getting skewed and taken out of context by certain media platforms?