Amy Schumer and philosophy: brainwreck!

by Elsby, Charlene Luzecky, Rob

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Full title :Amy Schumer and philosophy : brainwreck! / edited by Charlene Elsby and Rob Luzecky.

Summary

"This volume contains seventeen fun-filled chapters. One author makes the case that Amy uses humor to encourage her audience to consider important questions, for example, she does this when she discusses the trial of Bill Cosby while evoking fond memories of The Cosby Show. She essentially asks her audience to consider whether they give priority to unconflicted entertainment over justice for rape victims. In another chapter, the author casts a philosophical eye toward the action-comedy film Snatched and finds that it raises questions about responsibility: Is Schumer's character, Emily, responsible for getting kidnapped in Ecuador? Is Emily responsible for the death of one of her kidnappers? Another author asks whether Snatched can be a great comedy and still get negative reviews? What is the role of art and who determines whether a work of art is good or beautiful? What do Amy Schumer and Friedrich Nietzsche have in common? Is Amy a "sex comic" or an "issue comic"? With her typical self-deprecating comedic style, Amy makes jokes by highlighting the absurd, the illogical, and the hypocritical in gender relations, notions of masculinity and femininity, and superficial values."-- From Amazon.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2018

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Open Court
Place of Publication:Chicago
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2018

The Physical Object

Description:x, 235 pages ; : 23 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780812699906, 0812699904
oclc:on1022986746
LC Classification:PN2287.S3365
Dewey Decimal:792.702/8092

Part I. Persona Non Grata: Amy’s Self Confidence and Self-Deprecation ./ Camille Atkinson – “Brave” / Daniel Malloy – Schumer’s Selfishness / Robert Arp – To Be or Not Be Perfect? / Karen Flieswasser – Part II. Schumer the Philosopher: The Funny Thing about Being Yourself / Gregor Balke – No Wisdom to Offer You / Jered Janes – Amy Schumer or the Incongruities / Noel Carroll – Sexistentialism / Gerald Browning – Girls Just Wanna Have Mediated Fun / Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Burns – Part III. Misbehaving: Multiple Murderer Emily Middleton / Charlene Elsby – The Unruly Woman / Cecilia Li – Putting the Fun Back in Non-refundable / Rob Luzecky – Part IV. Women Are Funny: The Laughter and the Fury / Leigh Kolb – Five Stereotypes that Sustain Grape Zones / Michelle Ciurria – Are There Certain Things We Should Not Talk About / Verena Ehrnberger – Raucous Feminist or Racially Insensitive? / Jennifer Ware – Switching it Up / Gerald Browning – Part V. Afterthoughts: Oppression Pretty Much Sucks / Charlene Elsby and Rob Luzecky – How to Feel Pretty / The Patriarchy