Michael R. H. Swanson, Ph. D.
Office: GHH 215
Hours: M, T, W, Th, F: 11:00 - 12:00
Or By Appointment
Phone: 254 - 3230
Tomorrow, November 2, is the General Election. How appropriate to spend the week looking at political humor. Between conventions and collapsing equipment, our schedule is in need of some major adjustment. I've changed the due date for the exam upon which you're working to Thursday, November 4. I'll be sendng out an e-mail to that effect shortly. The film, Primary Colors, which I was going to show beginning last Thursday, I'll begin today. In order to give you maximum opportunity to concentrate on your paper, I'm not adding much in the line of reading. Just one more bit for Thursday's Class.
We'll finish "Primary Colors" discus it a bit in terms of Boskin's ideas about Political Humor--what steretypes are here- whose being jabbed and about what? Is the American Voter a Genius or a Jerk? And then we'll spend a few moments returniing to the war of the sexes, this time the political version.. We're not quite 100 years into the "experiment" of women's suffrage. There are probably still a few like "Mr. Dooley" who think it not the best idea. There might even be a few Ms. Dooleys out there, who knows?
