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January 24, 2017 08:18 am PST
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How jokes won the election
Emily Nussbaum at The New Yorker takes a deep dive into comedy's outsize role in Trump's victory. It's one of the best long reads about the pop culture that defined this election. To use Emily's comedy metaphor, with notable exceptions like "Delete your account," Hillary and her supporters didn't read the room and were heckled at nearly every turn. (more…)Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/L4PbCg7c6kA/how-jokes-won-the-election.html
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