“A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down.” Mary Poppins isn’t the only person who lives by that motto. It’s shared by Josh Gibson, the man behind the D.C. Council’s unexpectedly funny Twitter account.
If you take a peek at the @councilofdc Twitter feed, you’ll find dry announcements about hearings cut with witty D.C.-centric commentary, roughly photoshopped D.C. flags and tidbits of local history. Gibson’s approach has led to a massive increase in followers.
And power is held to account by Eric Saul and his team of writers at The Takoma Torch, a local satire site. The Torch has poked fun at everything from Montgomery County housing policy to members of Congress and the president.
Gibson and Saul meet us at the intersection of politics and comedy. What’s safe to joke about when you’re running a bureaucratic social media account? What’s the role of political satire in our local community? And will we ever learn the secrets behind D.C. Councilmember Mary Cheh’s joke budgets? Tune in to find out.
Produced by Cydney Grannan
The Link LonkFebruary 09, 2021 at 10:03PM
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