{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/af0e16de-9e4b-419b-b090-e1fe8c56f241/251666b6-7e80-4ae0-80a6-2703ed1143ff?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Same old gags","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61ba0ef81a8cbec7663cf149/61ba0f46db9996001aebdeef.png?height=200","description":"<p>In the course of his long literary career, Samuel Johnson reviewed only one novel. Who was it by? None other than the \"preposterously confident” Charlotte Lennox, a force in eighteenth-century prose and a model for Jane Austen – Min Wild tells us more; What happens if you ask a literary critic to watch top-grossing (pun intended) Hollywood comedies from the past three decades?&nbsp;Robert Douglas-Fairhurst explains how comedy reflects broader culture and anxieties; How are women treated in film and television? Is there cause for celebration? Alice Wadsworth joins us in the studio to discuss.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Books</strong></p><p>Charlotte Lennox: An independent mind by&nbsp;Susan Carlile&nbsp;</p><p>Stealing the Show: How women are revolutionizing television by&nbsp;Joy Press&nbsp;</p><p>Where No Black Woman Has Gone Before: Subversive portrayals in speculative film and TV by&nbsp;Diana Adesola Mafe&nbsp;</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The TLS"}