NHM Dialogues

Comedy: From Aristophanes to Mel Brooks

June 18, 2021 The National Hellenic Museum Season 1 Episode 13
NHM Dialogues
Comedy: From Aristophanes to Mel Brooks
Show Notes

In this episode, Katie & Cairo discuss ancient Greek comedy & satire as a genre and its resonances in comedy throughout history, and how it is reflected in writers across time, from Mel Brooks to William Shakespeare.

Lindsey Ellis' Video Mel Brooks, The Producers and the Ethics of Satire about N@zis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62cPPSyoQkE

Books by Kwame Anthony Appiah
The Honor Code:
https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780393340525
Cosmopolitanism:
https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780393329339

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Created by Cairo Dye & Katie Kelaidis
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