EP 4 - Debra Aarons

EPISODE FOUR - THE MARVELLOUS MRS. MAISEL with DR. DEBRA AARONSIn our final episode of season one, we welcome the witty, forthright and highly knowledgeable Dr. Debra Aarons to guide us through the elaborate and dense story world of the excellent and extremely binge-able Amazon show, THE MARVELLOUS MRS. MAISEL. Debra helps unpack the truth from within the fiction and contextualise the characters and events in the evolution of stand-up comedy.Debra is a linguist from UNSW, specialising in what jokes can reveal about our tacit knowledge of language. Debra has written a book, Jokes and the Linguistic Mind (2011), exploring the art of joke-making through the lens of cognitive science, and with Marc Mierowsky writes extensively on stand-up in Jewish comedy, with particular reference to Joan Rivers and Sarah Silverman. Along, with her particular interest in Jewish comedy, Debra can make a compelling case for the value of Dad Jokes and described herself as someone with a six year-old's sense of humour.Please join us at the Couch Latkes community on Facebook. We'd love to hear from you and further the discussion. Let us know what your thoughts on the Marvellous Mrs. Maisel.You can help the podcast by leaving a written review in Apple Podcasts as well as sharing it on social media.Episode Notes:00:30 - The Mavens: What Rob and Trent are consuming.Recommendations: Stardust Memories (1980), Meatballs (1979), Fauda (2015-)Question: Is the BBC show, McMafia (2018-) anti-semitic?06:42 - Schmoozing about The Marvellous Mrs. Maisel with Dr. Debra Aarons34:33 - The Spiel:Join us on the Couch Latkes Facebook Group and share your favourite Jewish stand-up comics, and your thoughts on which current comic is the successor to Lenny Bruce, Joan Rivers and Sarah Silverman. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.