In their discussion of “the culture industry” Adorno and Horkheimer suggest that “the culture industry replaces pain… with jovial denial. Its supreme law is that its consumers shall at no price be given what they desire: and in that very deprivation they must take their laughing satisfaction.” For this paper you ask, are Adorno and Horkheimer correct? To do so, your paper should analyze the plot of episode of funny television and compare and contrast Adorno and Horkheimer’s claims with two theorists covered during the term.
