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What to Watch: The role comedy plays in politics

You may have noticed we've had a lot of presidential politics going on lately, and that can be depressing. So, we wanted to take a look at the role comedy plays in this kind of news cycle.

Broadcast on:
25 Jul 2024

People sit in a theater watching a movie.
(<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/polispol/">Pol Turrents</a> / Flickr)

You may have noticed we've had a lot of presidential politics going on lately, and that can be depressing. So, we wanted to take a look at the role comedy plays in this kind of news cycle.

Our resident movie critic and Morning Edition host George Prentice joined Idaho Matters to talk more and give us an idea of what to watch.