TY - JOUR
T1 - ’Good Comedy Can Upset People’
T2 - A Conversation with Bobby Wilson of The 1491s
AU - Kongerslev, Marianne
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - In this interview Bobby Wilson (Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota) of the comedy group The 1491s shares stories about life as an Indigenous comic artist. Tongue-in-cheek and often sarcastic, Wilson talks about turning tragedy into dark comedy in the play Between Two Knees (2019), the artistic merits of humor, and the intersections of politics, activism, and comedy. Part personal history, part origin story of the comedy group, the interview covers a host of different topics, ranging from the significance of colonial trauma to the ability to poke fun at themselves.
AB - In this interview Bobby Wilson (Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota) of the comedy group The 1491s shares stories about life as an Indigenous comic artist. Tongue-in-cheek and often sarcastic, Wilson talks about turning tragedy into dark comedy in the play Between Two Knees (2019), the artistic merits of humor, and the intersections of politics, activism, and comedy. Part personal history, part origin story of the comedy group, the interview covers a host of different topics, ranging from the significance of colonial trauma to the ability to poke fun at themselves.
KW - Bobby Wilson
KW - humor
KW - Native Americans
KW - 1491s
KW - Interview
KW - Stereotypes
KW - Popular Culture
KW - 1491s "Indian humor theater"
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85096502936&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.5325/STUDAMERHUMOR.6.2.0341
DO - 10.5325/STUDAMERHUMOR.6.2.0341
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0095-280X
VL - 6
SP - 341
EP - 354
JO - Studies in American Humor
JF - Studies in American Humor
IS - 2
ER -