“In the sixties, the recycling of pop culture turning it into Pop art and camp had its own satirical zest. Now we're into a different kind of recycling. Moviemakers give movies of the past an authority that those movies didn't have; they inflate images that may never have compelled belief, images that were no more than shorthand gestures and they use them not as larger-than-life jokes but as altars.” GivingKindMayArtDifferentUsePastCultureBeliefAuthorityJokesPopsCampsDifferent KindsGesturesSixtyCompelledAltarsPop CultureRecyclingSatiricalZestLarger Than LifePop ArtShorthand Author:Pauline Kael
“There was laughter in the back of the theater, leading to the belief that someone was telling jokes back there.” ArtBeliefLaughterJokesTheaterEntertainment Author:George S. Kaufman
“Comedy Central made me delete the Boston Marathon joke. I wasn't happy about it but, despite popular belief, I can occasionally be a team player.” MadeI CanBeliefComedyPlayerTeamJokesDespiteBostonMarathonTeam PlayerBoston Marathon Author:Anthony Jeselnik