The Joke's On Us: How Outrage Became Entertainment and Democracy Became the Punchline

Act IX: The Warm-Up for the Next Acts

Closing Bit: The American Punchline

Chapter 2 — The Showman-in-Chief: When Politics Met Primetime

Opening Bit: The Reality Show That Ate Democracy

Act I: The Apprentice President

Act II: The Brand That Couldn’t Stop Selling

Act III: The Ego That Ate the Party

Act IV: The Language of Showbiz Politics

Act V: The Business Model of Belief