A polygraph on the small screen: the Millôr Fernandes’ television humor (1959-1965)

Authors

  • Áureo Busetto

Abstract

This article is guided by the goal of knowing and analyzing the polygraph Millôr Fernandes’ television experiences, which were designed to show on TV, in its early stages in Brazil, a kind of humor that was critical, reflective, and innovative compared to regular humoristic TV shows. Combining narrative and cartoons, Millôr transitions among entertainment, information, and knowledge. The historical approach of the author’s humoristic text, co-text, and context also provide elements that shed light on the main relations between early TV, press, and national politics, both in democracy and under military dictatorship.

keywords: Millôr Fernandes, humor; television.

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Author Biography

Áureo Busetto

Doutor em História Social pela Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Professor do Departamento de História e do Programa de Pós-graduação em História da Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp-Assis). Autor do livro A democracia cristã no Brasil: princípios e práticas. São Paulo: Unesp, 2002.

Published

2016-12-27

How to Cite

Busetto, Áureo. (2016). A polygraph on the small screen: the Millôr Fernandes’ television humor (1959-1965). ArtCultura, 18(32). Retrieved from https://seer.ufu.br/index.php/artcultura/article/view/37077