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Environmental Humanities (2022) 14 (2): 371–374.
Published: 01 July 2022
... But more subtly and importantly, as a preeminent purveyor of its observational form, Jerry Seinfeld, observes, comedians see the world differently, “re-form[ing] what you see into what you want it to be.” 2 Comedians show us new possibilities and engender inclinations to get there—or die trying...
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Environmental Humanities (2014) 4 (1): 69–93.
Published: 01 May 2014
... a humorous character to handle the glitches that come with operating through PowerPoint. On stage, Wiseman is simultaneously a comedian, a thespian, a filmmaker, a storyteller, a singer, and a virtuoso musician. When introduced to Uranium, generally an audience has been laughing for some time. The “given...
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Environmental Humanities (2022) 14 (3): 590–601.
Published: 01 November 2022
... on the fumes of billionaire Jeff Bezos’s dick-rocket voyage. On Twitter and on late night television programs, Bezos’s self-indulgent joyride in a phallic spacecraft was easy comedic fodder. “Space bout to get fucked,” one Twitter user quipped, while Jon Stewart and other comedians compared Bezos’s suborbital...
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Environmental Humanities (2024) 16 (2): 512–528.
Published: 01 July 2024
... is inspired by US comedian Stephen Colbert’s coinage of “truthiness,” referring to how truth has become a matter of personal conviction rather than of facts in US politics in the last few decades. “Truthiness” describes the “ sound of truthfulness without reference to logic or fact.” Similarly, “critiquiness...
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Environmental Humanities (2016) 7 (1): 169–190.
Published: 01 May 2016
... insecurity and poverty in the 1980s and 1990s. More recently, comedian and talk show host Ellen DeGeneres urged her fans to sign a petition condemning the seal hunt and to tell Canadians (i.e. Inuit) that “killing innocent animals is wrong.” 33 Inuit responded with a ‘sealfie’ movement, taking pictures...