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    Last updated: Aug 18, 2026 11:39 am
    A new version of the »ÆÉ«ÊÓÆµ Events Calendar will launch Wednesday, August 26. All events dated September 1, 2024 and later will be migrated. As part of this process, additions to the current calendar will be suspended at 3:00 p.m. on August 25.

    SNID Talk - Jeet Heer - "From Daddy Warbucks to Donald Trump"

    When:
    Thursday, September 21, 2017
    1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
    Where:
    Mackintosh-Corry Hall
    Room: B201
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    Description:

     Trump is not an exceptional phenomenon.  Rather, he is a symptom of a long running trend: the fusion of the entertainment industry with politics. I'll look at the comic strip Little Orphan Annie as a precursor to Trumpism and also the trajectory of entertainment and politics from Ronald Reagan to Sarah Palin to Trump.

    Jeet Heer is a Senior Editor of the New Republic. He's the author of two books (In Love With Art and Sweet Lechery). He's also edited or contributed to 50 other books, including A Comics Studies Reader, which was awarded a prize by the Popular Studies Association's annual conference.  He is a well-known commentator on current political issues, on Twitter and other social media

    SNID Talks run most Thursdays during the school term.  These free lectures are open to everyone to attend.

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