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Chapter 1
The highs and lows of US satirical TV
Jesse David Fox, senior editor of vulture.com, runs through the best and worst comedic performances around the US presidency.
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Chapter 2
How has satirical media treated Trump and Clinton?
Tom Edwards speaks to 'The Atlantic' writer Megan Garber about whether all the comedic chat around this year's candidates might have won or lost them any support.
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Chapter 3
Poking fun at Hillary Clinton
There's no arguing that Trump is the easy comedic target; he practically writes the jokes himself. Hillary Clinton, however, is often painted as far too guarded -- where's the fun in that? ‘New York Magazine’ writer Liz Meriweather has reimagined Clinton as a brash let-it-all-hang-out alter-ego; Jesse David Fox discusses with Clarissa Pharr.
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Chapter 4
La Madre Buena: a film about a Donald Trump piñata
It’s not just TV personalities and journalists who have been caught up in the whirlwind of satire around the US elections: film-makers have been elbowing in on the conversation too. One film that caught our eye is a short piece set in Mexico called ‘La Madre Buena’, which tells the tale of a mother torn between her politics and her child as her son demands a Donald Trump piñata for his birthday party. Director Sarah Clift tells us where the idea came from.
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