Billionaires for Bush: Parody as Political Intervention Hemispheric Institute; Kulkarni,Kavita performance performance studies, estudios sobre performance, estudios de performance journal, revista street performance, performance callejero, teatro callejero protest, protesta activism, activismo, ativismo ENG: A certain degree of apprehension has always accompanied the integration of humor into the political discourse of Western culture. One might call this a reasonable anxiety, given that upsetting the accepted order of life has been the immortal mission of fools, clowns, jesters, and comedians across time and space. According to Wes Nisker in his poetic expositions of Crazy Wisdom, these characters \"spread doubt about our beliefs, our abilities, our motives, our institutions, our sanity, our loves, our laws, our leaders, even our alliteration\" (1990: 19). Historically, comedians have used humor as a process of revelation, not necessarily by pinpointing the truth, but rather by exposing the foibles and oversights of their time. Hemispheric Institute for Performance and Politics, New York University 2004-10-04 DCMI: Text Hemi: Text application/pdf/gif http://hemi.es.its.nyu.edu/journal/1_1/kukarni_print.pdf eng http://hemi.nyu.edu/rights.html public