Magnifying stereotypes comically undermines their power and absurdity

Evidence

Nasim is a humorous and likable character whose life as a handyman is affected by 9/11 in ridiculous ways. Whoopi! favors a representational strategy that challenges stereotypes and diffuses racial tension by using humor to accentuate stereotypes to demonstrate their absurdity. Though nominated for an Emmy award, it lasted for only one season on NBC. — Evelyn Alsultany, Arabs and Muslims in the Media, 1398

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Critical theory reads ironic humor as pseudo-rebellion that masks conventionality. — Nina Eliasoph, Avoiding politics: how Americans…, 665; Satire aims to ridicule absurdity rather than to deceive viewers — Lee McIntyre, Post-Truth, 154; Absurdity is conceptually defined as unfamiliar juxtapositions of familiar elements. — Travis Proulx, Steven J. Heine, and Kathleen D. Vohs, When Is the Unfamiliar the Uncanny?…, 12