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- ISSN: 2042-7891
- E-ISSN: 2042-7905
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Political comedy and comical politics: Jón Gnarr and the Icelandic television series The Night Shift
- Source: Journal of Scandinavian Cinema, Volume 4, Issue 3, Sep 2014, p. 255 - 260
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- 01 Sep 2014
Abstract
Abstract
This article examines the role of political comedy in Jón Gnarr's work for Icelandic television and his use of comic elements during his time as the mayor of Reykjavík 2010 to 2014. In applying Kenneth Burkes theory of the comic frame on the first episode of the series The Night Shift and Jón Gnarr's political career, the article analyses the parallels in his work as a politician and a comedian.
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