Comedy As An Avenue For Speaking Truth To Power. Bustop Tv, Comic Pastor And Zimbabwe’s Socio-economic Political Crisis

Abstract  INTRODUCTION For many people, comedy is an outlet to vent out frustrations and concerns against social, political and economic ills. The primary function of comedy is to induce laughter by amusing and entertaining the audience whilst portraying targeted social institutions and persons as corrupt; ridiculing them through satirizing, parodying and poking fun at their vices. In the Zimbabwean context, ordinary people or subalterns have resorted to comedy to raise awareness on the socio-economic and political challenges that they face. Political satire has provided comic relief to many Z…