Hoos Watching: Finding an escape from academics through satire

A&E Hoos Watching: Finding an escape from academics through satire As workloads intensify towards the end of the semester, these films can help laugh away the stress with a blend of comedy and criticism The clever wit that these films collectively flaunt can remind their audiences that if even the prospect of nuclear war can become a laughing matter, sparks of joy can surely be found in the depths of academic stress. Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Coping with the sudden chill of fall turning to winter is rarely an easy task, but the ghost of Halloweekend and the looming specter of midterm season — both the academic and political kind — makes the atmosphere all the more heavy. The feverish tension permeating the air as a result of these challenges might have students looking for light in an otherwise dark sky.

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