Luvell Anderson (University of Illinois)

People respond to political turmoil in different ways. I will be interested in one form more-or-less non-violent resistance might take: comedic resistance. You may already believe you know what comedic resistance is. The Trump years, for example, seemed to give rise to many comedic and satirical performances. Alec Baldwin’s frequent Saturday Night Live appearances as an exaggerated Trumpian fool come to mind. And while I acknowledge that satire and comedy can be effective tools of resistance, I also suggest comedic resistance can take a deeper form.